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Women have always made up the majority of older people: this
examination of the lives of elderly women in Britain in the period
1500 to the present reveals attitudes towards the ageing process.
It sheds light on household structures as well as wider issues -
including the history of the family, the process of
industrialisation, the poor law, and welfare provision - and
questions many common beliefs about elderly women, particularly
that female old age was a time of poverty and want. An important
book for students of history and sociology alike.
This new collection of essays examines the lives of older women
in Britain from 1500 to the present and gives a fascinating insight
into the lives of elderly women from a range of different social
strata and different times. This latest book in the " Women and Men
in History" series will break down some widely held assumptions
revealing attitudes towards the aging process and challenging
common beliefs and stereotypes. The book sheds light on the history
of family relationships, welfare provision, changing female
self-images and the structure of the family in pre-industrial,
industrial and post-industrial Britain and, in doing so, the book
can also modify our understanding of wider society. The essays draw
on women's diaries, autobiographies, social surveys, mass
observation and a fascinating variety of other sources. This an
important book for anyone interested in sociology, history, social
policy, gerontology or women's studies. Also available in Hardcover
- 0-582-32901-9 $79.95Y
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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