The Decline of Life: Old Age in Eighteenth-Century England

ISBN: 9780521037921 出版年：2004 页码：338 Susannah R Ottaway Cambridge University Press

List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction: old age in eighteenth-century England: no 'golden age of ageing' 1. Who was 'old' in eighteenth-century England? 2. The activities of the 'helmsman': self-reliance, work and community expectations of the elderly 3. 'The comforts of a private fire-side' 4. Independent but not alone: family ties for the elderly 5. Community assistance to the aged under the Old Poor Law 6. Continuity and change in community assistance to the elderly over the eighteenth century 7. Within workhouse walls: indoor relief for the elderly Conclusion: old age as a useful category of historical analysis Bibliography Index.