The decline of life [electronic resource] : old age in eighteenth-century England / Susannah R. Ottaway.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 39.Publication details: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: xiv, 322 p. : illSubject(s): Older people -- England -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Old age -- England -- History -- 18th century | Aging -- England -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.26/0944 LOC classification: HQ1064.G7 | O88 2004Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. 284-314) and index.
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.
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