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Publisher: Odile Jacob
Total Pages: 285
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ISBN: 2738185649

Old Age in the Old Regime

Old Age in the Old Regime
Author: David Troyansky
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2019-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1501746367

This book explores a dramatic change in French attitudes toward aging and the aged in the eighteenth century from one extreme of ridicule and neglect to another of respect and care.

Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity

Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity
Author: Paul Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134711247

Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both the historical understanding of old age in past societies as well as the discussion of the contribution of post-modernism to historical scholarship.