A history of old age / edited By Pat Thane. - Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005. - 320 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314) and index.

The age of old age / Pat Thane -- The Ancient Greek and Roman worlds / Tim Parkin -- The Middle Ages and Renaissance / Shulamith Shahar -- The 17th century / Lynn A. Botelho -- The 18th century / David G. Troyansky -- The 19th century / Thomas R. Cole and Claudia Edwards -- The 20th century / Pat Thane.

0892368349 (hardcover) 9780892368341

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Old age--History.
Older people--History.
Old age in literature.

HQ1061 / .H54 2005

305.26/09182/1