Aging in the Past
Demography, Society, and Old Age
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 5. May 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
424 pages
978-0-520-08466-7 (ISBN)
Description
Thanks to improved food, medicine, and living conditions, the average age of the population is increasing throughout the modern industrialized world. Yet, despite the recent upsurge of scholarly interest in the lives of older people and the blossoming of historical demography, little historical demographic attention has been paid to the lives of the elderly. This volume marks the emergence of the historical demographic study of aging. Following an explication of the field by Peter Laslett, scholars in family history and historical demography offer new research results and fresh analyses that greatly increase our understanding of aging, historically and across cultures. Focusing primarily on post-Industrial Europe and the United States, they explore a range of issues under the broad topics of living arrangements, widowhood, and retirement and mortality. This work should provide a historical perspective on, and suggest possible alternative solutions to, the problems of the aged.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
61 b&w illustrations, 72 tables
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-08466-7 (9780520084667)
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Persons
David I. Kertzer is Dupee University Professor of Social Science and Professor of Anthropology and History at Brown University and the author of several books, including Sacrificed for Honor (1993). Peter Laslett is a Fellow at Trinity College and cofounder of The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.
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CONTRIBUTORS:
George Alter, Rudolf Andorka, Allen C. Goodman, Myron P. Gutmann, Michael R. Haines, E. A. Hammel, Tamara K. Hareven, Nancy Karweit, David I. Kertzer, Peter Laslett, Andrejs Plakans, Roger L. Ransom, Daniel Scott Smith, Richard Sutch, Peter Uhlenberg, Richard Wall, Charles Wetherell
George Alter, Rudolf Andorka, Allen C. Goodman, Myron P. Gutmann, Michael R. Haines, E. A. Hammel, Tamara K. Hareven, Nancy Karweit, David I. Kertzer, Peter Laslett, Andrejs Plakans, Roger L. Ransom, Daniel Scott Smith, Richard Sutch, Peter Uhlenberg, Richard Wall, Charles Wetherell