Old age as a historical problem. A research agenda

The history of old age has become a field of relevant research since the eighties, both by the growing interest of its subject matter on the public agenda and by its location at the crossroads of historical demography, population history, and social history in the main. With this in mind, the text a...

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Autor principal: Otero, Hernán
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Estudios Históricos Profesor Carlos S. A. Segreti 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuarioceh/article/view/22163
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Sumario:The history of old age has become a field of relevant research since the eighties, both by the growing interest of its subject matter on the public agenda and by its location at the crossroads of historical demography, population history, and social history in the main. With this in mind, the text analyzes firstly the multiple theoretical and methodological difficulties of historical study of that age group. Secondly, it scours the main existing historiographical production in order to propose a research agenda, mindful of the sources and specific problems of the Argentine case.