LEADER 04148cam a2200589 a 4500001 295445 005 20240617121607.0 008 240610s2005 enka b 001 0 eng 035 (OCoLC)ocm61176522 040 NLM |beng |cNLM |dUKM |dBWKUK |dNLGGC |dYDXCP |dCGC |dAU@ |dCDN |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dNZAUC |dREB |dUKMGB |dAUMCD |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCL |dLHM 015 GBA562628 |2bnb 020 9780500251263 020 0500251266 024 3 9780500251263 042 nlmcopyc 050 4 HQ1061 |b.T466 2005 049 LHMA 245 04 The long history of old age / |cedited by Pat Thane. 260 London : |bThames & Hudson, |c2005. 300 320 pages : |billustrations ; |c27 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317) and index. 505 0 1. 'My age is as a lusty winter' : the age of old age / Pat Thane -- 2. 'Old age has always been revered' : the ancient Greek and Roman worlds / Tim Parkin -- 3. 'All want to reach old age but nobody wants to be old' : the Middle Ages and Renaissance / Shulamith Shahar -- 4. 'An idle youth makes a needy old age' : the 17th century / Lynn A. Botelho -- 5. 'Long live the republic where old men preside' : the 18th century / David G. Troyansky -- 6. 'Don't complain about old age' : the 19th century / Thomas R. Cole and Claudia Edwards -- 7. 'I do not think of myself as old' : the 20th century / Pat Thane. 520 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. 650 0 Older people. 650 0 Old age. 650 0 Older people |xSocial conditions. 650 0 Social history. 650 12 Aged |0(DNLM)D000368 650 12 Social Conditions |xhistory |0(DNLM)D012924Q000266 650 2 Social Conditions |0(DNLM)D012924 650 6 Personnes âgées. |0(CaQQLa)201-0005549 650 6 Vieillesse. |0(CaQQLa)201-0000249 650 6 Personnes âgées |xConditions sociales. |0(CaQQLa)201-0023056 650 6 Histoire sociale. |0(CaQQLa)201-0006235 650 7 elderly. |2aat |0(CStmoGRI)aat300025913 650 7 old age. |2aat |0(CStmoGRI)aat300189603 650 7 social history. |2aat |0(CStmoGRI)aat300054403 650 7 Old age. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01045272 650 7 Older people. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01199093 650 7 Older people |xSocial conditions. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01199129 650 7 Social history. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01122498 650 17 Ouderen. |2gtt 650 17 Beeldende kunsten. |2gtt 650 7 Old age in literature. |2sears 650 7 Old age |xHistory. |2sears 650 7 Older people |xHistory. |2sears 700 1 Thane, Pat. 758 |ihas work:A history of old age (Text) |1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGYfcVXV6yDtBBPBdHQxrC |4https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork 852 0 |bscstacks |hHQ1061 |i.T466 2005