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Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Ageing under the Union
Chris Gilleard
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Description for Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Ageing under the Union
Hardcover. Num Pages: 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD1; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Using a combination of statistical analysis of census material and social history, this book describes the ageing of Ireland’s population from the start of the Union up to the introduction of the old age pension in 1908. It examines the changing demography of the country following the Famine and the impact this had on household and family structure. It explores the growing problem of late life poverty and the residualisation of the aged sick and poor in the workhouse. Despite slow improvements in many areas of life for the young and the working classes, the book argues that for the ... Read more
Using a combination of statistical analysis of census material and social history, this book describes the ageing of Ireland’s population from the start of the Union up to the introduction of the old age pension in 1908. It examines the changing demography of the country following the Famine and the impact this had on household and family structure. It explores the growing problem of late life poverty and the residualisation of the aged sick and poor in the workhouse. Despite slow improvements in many areas of life for the young and the working classes, the book argues that for the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137585400
SKU
V9781137585400
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Chris Gilleard
Chris Gilleard is a visiting research fellow in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London, UK, and senior visiting research fellow at the University of Bath, UK. Author and co-author with Paul Higgs of a number of books addressing ageing and old age -including Cultures of Ageing (2000); Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment (2013) and Rethinking Old Age (2015)- his interests ... Read more
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