Old Age in European Cultures: A Significant Presence from Antiquity to the Present.
Contrary to widespread belief, significant numbers of people have lived long lives throughout recorded history. On average, women have lived longer than men. Definitions of old age as beginning between the ages of sixty and seventy have been remarkably consistent through time, despite major social a...
| Published in: | American Historical Review Vol. 125; no. 2; pp. 385 - 396 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2020
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