The Decline of Life

By Susannah R. Ottaway

Book Overview

Susannah Ottaway combines a comprehensive survey of existing literature on the history of ageing with original interpretation and analysis of available data. Using a wide variety of sources (literature, correspondence, poor house and workhouse documents and diaries), Ottaway's account of the experiences of the aged reveals attitudes in eighteenth-century England that shed light on contemporary aging issues by historical comparison.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521815800
• ISBN13: 9780521815802
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"