Women and Ageing in British Society Since 1500 0582329027, 9780582329027

Women have always made up the majority of older people: this examination of the lives of elderly women in Britain in the

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Women and Ageing in British Society Since 1500
0582329027, 9780582329027

German-speaking people have always lived, either as temporary or as long-term residents, in the British Isles. While the

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Ageing is widely recognised as one of the social and economic challenges in the contemporary, globalised world, for whic

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Updated to incorporate recent scholarship on the subject, this new edition of Hugh Cunningham’s classic text investigate

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The housing problems of older people in our society are highly topical because of the growing number of retired people i

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First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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This essay collection features innovative scholarship on women artists and patrons in the Netherlands 1500-1700.

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In this bold reinterpretation of Women's changing labor status during the late medieval and early modern period, Ma

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Drawing on literary, mythological, legal, and historical sources, Peter Berresford Ellis sets out to explore the reality

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In dealing with the common experience of women in modern society, this book provides a deeper insight into European wome

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