| The History of Old Age in England, 1600-1800, Part II Contributor(s): Ottaway, Susannah R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851968709 ISBN-13: 9781851968701 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $495.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gerontology - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 305.26 |
| Physical Information: 1584 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What did it mean to be old in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England? This eight-volume edition brings together selections from medical treatises, sermons, legal documents, parish records, almshouse accounts, private letters, diaries and ballads, to investigate cultural and medical understanding of old age in pre-industrial England. |
