Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome: A Life Course Approach - Softcover

Harlow, Mary

 
9780415202015: Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome: A Life Course Approach
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ISBN 10: 0415202019 ISBN 13: 9780415202015
Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Throughout history, every culture has had its own ideas on what growing up and growing old means, with variations between chronological, biological and social ageing, and with different emphases on the critical stages and transitions from birth to death. This volume is the first to highlight the role of age in determining behaviour, and expectations of behaviour, across the life span of an inhabitant of ancient Rome. Drawing on developments in the social sciences, as well as ancient evidence, the authors focus on the period c.200BC - AD200, looking at childhood, the transition to adulthood, maturity, and old age. They explore how both the individual and society were involved in, and reacted to, these different stages, in terms of gender, wealth and status, and personal choice and empowerment.

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Mary Harlow, Ray Laurence

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415202019
ISBN 13 
9780415202015
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192

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