The decline of life : old age in eighteenth-century England / / Susannah R. Ottaway.
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| Superior document: | Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 39 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 322 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Who was "old" in eighteenth-century England?
- The activities of the "helmsman" : self-reliance, work, and community expectations of the elderly
- "The comforts of a private fire-side"
- Independent but not alone : family ties for the elderly
- Community assistance to the aged under the Old Poor Law
- Continuity and change in community assistance to the elderly over the eighteenth century
- Within workhouse walls : indoor relief for the elderly
- Conclusion : old age as a useful category of historical analysis.