Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Old age in eighteenth-century England: no “golden age of aging”
- 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
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Old age in eighteenth-century England: no “golden age of aging”
- 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
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Decline of LifeOld Age in Eighteenth-Century England, pp. xii - xiiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004