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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 aged the union was a period of growing immiseration, brought surprisingly to an end by the unheralded introduction of the old age pension. .

History. --- Great Britain --- Civilization --- Social history. --- British literature. --- Demography. --- History of Britain and Ireland. --- Social History. --- Cultural History. --- British and Irish Literature. --- Old age --- Older people --- History --- Social conditions --- Aged --- Aging people --- Elderly people --- Old people --- Older adults --- Older persons --- Senior citizens --- Seniors (Older people) --- Later life (Human life cycle) --- Senescence --- Age groups --- Persons --- Gerontocracy --- Gerontology --- Adulthood --- Age --- Longevity --- Great Britain-History. --- Civilization-History. --- Historical demography --- Social sciences --- Population --- Vital statistics --- Descriptive sociology --- Social history --- Sociology --- Great Britain—History. --- Civilization—History. --- 1800-1899 --- Ireland. --- Airlann --- Airurando --- Éire --- Irish Republic --- Irland --- Irlanda --- Irlande --- Irlanti --- Írország --- Poblacht na hÉireann --- Republic of Ireland

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With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the nature of old age, Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard reveal the emergence of a 'fourth age' that embodies the most feared and marginalised aspects of old age, conceptually linked to and yet distinct from traditional models of old age. Inspired by the authors' ground-breaking work on the third and fourth age and supported by extensive sociological, medical and historical research, Rethinking Old Age offers a unique and timely analysis of the fourth age as a 'social imaginary' that is shaped and maintained by the social, cultural and political discourses and practices that divide later life. It stands as a significant resource for students, academics and practitioners of Sociology, Ageing Studies, Gerontology, Social Policy, Health Studies, Social Work and Nursing.

Age group sociology --- Older people --- Aging --- Gerontology. --- Social conditions --- Social aspects --- Psychological aspects. --- Older people - Social conditions --- Aging - Social aspects --- Aging - Psychological aspects.

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Information technology --- Age groups. --- Social aspects.