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Häftad, Engelska, 1996
950 kr
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Those aged 85 and over are currently the fastest growing age group in the U.S. population. This is so new a phenomenon that there is little in historical experience to help in interpreting it. Not only are the old living longer, but they are also growing older in markedly different ways from their predecessors. Since the burden of morbidity and the corresponding use of health services is exceedingly high for this age group, the potential demographic transition will have profound effects on health and social security systems. This book represents the first thorough analysis of the qualitative, as well as the quantitative, changes in our ageing society. Contributions from diverse fields of population studies, biomedical sciences, health services research, and public policy are combined to illuminate our understanding of ageing as a complex and dynamic process. This book is a comprehensive compendium of current knowledge and a methodologic guide to assessing future findings. The Oldest Old advocates only that good science, from a range of basic and applied disciplines, must inform our research and policy agendas to critically integrate the results of continuing research.
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
772 kr
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Claire Clairmont, the stepsister of Mary Shelley, has usually been presented as a minor, though damaging figure in the great dramas of Shelley and Byron. This first continuous account of her long and adventurous life describes her upbringing in Godwin's progressive household, her close but ambiguous relationship with Percy and Mary Shelley, and her role as the mother of Allegra, her illegitimate daughter by Byron, who died in childhood. It continues with the struggle to maintain herself independently after Shelley's death, refusing offers of marriage and working as governess among a variegated series of families in Florence, Vienna, Petersburg, Moscow, Paris, and London.Drawing on her vivid letters and journals, the authors portray a woman of talent and resilience making her way in nineteenth-century Europe. They show her sharp judgement, her powers of observation, her flair for languages, and the lovely singing voice which drew poems from Shelley and Byron.Robert Gittings and Jo Manton bring into focus a lesser-known life of much drama and pathos, at the same time enhancing our knowledge of the main characters of the Romantic movement, and their world.