9780313311284 - Power and Poverty: Old Age in the Pre-Industrial Past (Contributions to the Study of Aging) (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp: xii, 294. Original publisher's black boards with silver lettering at front and spine. Illustrated in black and white.ISBN: 0313311285 Some shelfwear. Bump at top of spine. Small stain to top edge. Otherwise firm and internally clean copy. Good plus.

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780313311284.

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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 310 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Despite calls since the 1970s for more research into the history of old age, there is still a relative dearth of historical studies on the elderly, especially in the pre-industrial past. This volume remedies much of that deficiency with essays exploring the lives of old men and old women, and the images of old age and aging, in early modern Europe and America. Collectively, the chapters demonstrate there was a strong association of advanced age with authority in the lived experience of older men and women. This book recognizes poverty and physical limitations were a very real threat, but challenges the tendency of existing literature on historical gerontology to associate old age with dependence and disability. Instead, what emerges from this volume is the success of older people in the past in imbuing their old age with dignity, despite the often vicious nature of old age in both popular and elite literature.Essays are brought together on old age in early modern England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and America, enabling comparisons that cross geographical boundaries. Historians of old age, the family, demography, social history and cultural history will value this volume, as will sociologists and anthropologists interested in gerontology.

Zustand: New. This volume examines contemporary research on the history of old age, demonstrating many ways in which advanced age was associated with authority in the pre-industrial past, challenging existing literature's focus on the dependence and disability of older people in the period. Editor(s): Ottaway, Susannah R.; Botelho, Lynn A.; Kittredge, Katharine. Series: Contributions to the Study of Aging. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 663. . 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.