Aging in world history / David G. Troyansky.
Aging in world history / David G. Troyansky.
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New York, NY Routledge, 2016.
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G 2016/2244
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English
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xvi, 152 pages ; 23 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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SECTION I Theoretical Concerns, "Natural" Aging, and Classical Prescriptions and Representations -- 1.Introduction: Historians Look at Aging and the Aged -- 2.Aging among Hunters and Gatherers, Agriculturalists, and Early City Dwellers -- 3.Old Age in Classical Civilizations: From Asia to the Near E...
SECTION V Globalizing, Medicalizing, and Disciplining Old Age -- 11.Aging in a Global Context -- 12.Aging, Medicalization, and the Discipline of Gerontology -- 13.Aging in Present and Future.
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New York, NY Routledge, 2016.
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New York (State)
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2016.
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"Contemporary concerns about aging societies have stimulated interest in past ways of growing old, and whilst historians have investigated the experience of the aged, cultural representations of old age, and the phenomenon of demographic ageing, however the literature has been overwhelmingly western. This study reviews the world-wide literature on...
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Aging in world history / David G. Troyansky.
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Themes in world history
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2244
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74VKVpE0VVlg
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0415779073
9780415779067
0415779065
9780415779074
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305.26
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991023986819202626
