A History of Old Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Old Age write by Pat Thane. This book was released on 2005. A History of Old Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Seven contributors examine how the best thinkers and artists of each historical epoch in the West have treated old age. Full of surprising and fascinating facts, this is an uplifting companion for those who, like it or not, are beginning to understand the inevitability of their own aging process.
The Long History of Old Age
The Long History of Old Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Long History of Old Age write by Pat Thane. This book was released on 2005. The Long History of Old Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Here is an absorbing and startlingly original illustrated study of one of the great - and most neglected - themes in all history: the ways in which society has perceived old people throughout the ages. From increased life expectancy and 'grey gap years' to dwindling pensions, the pros and cons of aging is a constant theme, yet much of the debate continues to be based on assumptions and misconceptions about the past. Is it true, for instance, that people were considered 'old' at fifty? How far have our ideas about the average life-span in previous centuries been distorted by infant mortality? Were the old respected and cared for? Did sexuality survive into old age? Here, for the first time, a group of leading historians address these and allied questions, writing vividly about a topic of great contemporary resonance that has for too long been surrounded by taboo. The visual evidence is a vital part of the story, and here the book is equally original. Drawing upon the rich legacy of art through two millennia, with works by a wide range of artists including Whistler, Rembrandt, Rego and Freud, this enthralling human story presents a picture that is sometimes compassionate, sometimes horrifying, but overall unexpectedly reassuring.
History of Suicide
History of Suicide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of Suicide write by Georges Minois. This book was released on 1999-01-19. History of Suicide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Minois concludes with comments on the most recent turn in this long and complex history--the emotional debate over euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the right to die.
Old Age in the New Land
Old Age in the New Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Old Age in the New Land write by W. Andrew Achenbaum. This book was released on 2020-02-25. Old Age in the New Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Originally published in 1978. Drawing on a wide range of sources from social, intellectual, and political history, Old Age in the New Land analyzes the changing fates and fortunes of America's elderly in the course of its history. By providing a historical perspective on society's conceptions of aging—and its effects on human lives—Achenbaum's work offers valuable insights for historians, sociologists, gerontologists, and others interested in the "graying" of America.
Old Age in English History
Old Age in English History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Old Age in English History write by Pat Thane. This book was released on 2000-05-11. Old Age in English History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At the end of the twentieth century more people are living into their seventies, eighties, nineties and beyond, a process expected to continue well into the next millennium. The twentieth century has achieved what people in other centuries only dreamed of: many can now expect to survive to old age in reasonably good health and can remain active and independent to the end, in contrast to the high death rate, ill health and destitution which affected all ages in the past. Yet this change is generally greeted not with triumph but with alarm. It is assumed that the longer people live, the longer they are ill and dependent, thus burdening a shrinking younger generation with the cost of pensions and health care. It is also widely believed that 'the past' saw few survivors into old age and these could be supported by their families without involving the taxpayer. In this first survey of old age throughout English history, these assumptions are challenged. Vivid pictures are given of the ways in which very large numbers of older people lived often vigorous and independent lives over many centuries. The book argues that old people have always been highly visible in English communities, and concludes that as people live longer due to the benefits of the rise in living standards, far from being 'burdens' they can be valuable contributors to their family and friends.
