by Víctor Alba · Laertes editorial, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475841878
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«Historia social de la vejez» is the historical essay by Víctor Alba, published by Laertes editorial, S.L. in paperback (207 pages, in Spanish).
Víctor Alba analyses how old age has been perceived and treated in different eras, from a social, economic and cultural perspective. The work connects current interest in population ageing with the changing role of older people, and ends by inviting readers to harness accumulated experience to face their own future.
The work is volume 64 of the Laertes collection and was published as a first edition in Barcelona in 1992. It includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and an index.
For readers of social history and sociology and for professionals working with the older population: gerontologists, demographers or politicians.
Víctor Alba who also went as Pere Pagès i Elies was a Spanish anti-Stalinist communist politician, journalist, writer and Spanish university professor.
