How Old Are You? : Age Consciousness in American Culture /

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Most Americans take it for granted that a thirteen-year-old in the fifth grade is "behind schedule," that "teenagers who marry "too early" are in for trouble, and that a seventy-five-year-old will be pleased at being told, "You look young for your age." Did an awar...

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Autor principal: Chudacoff, Howard P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / General.
Calahan, Daniel.
Danzinger, Sheldon.
Eddy, Daniel.
Eliot, Charles W.
Forty Plus clubs.
Freud, Sigmund.
Gerontological Society.
Hart, William Bruce.
Kett, Joseph.
Lee, Agnes.
Lionberger, Isaac.
Medicare.
Morris, Desmond.
National Council of Senior Citizens.
Newcomb, Harvey.
Older Americans Act of 1965.
Puritans.
Quetelet, Adolphe.
Shakespeare, William.
Sunday schools.
Titcomb, Timothy.
Tucker, Sophie.
Vietnam War.
Willard, Frances.
Znaniecki, Florian.
advice literature.
ageism.
autograph books.
baby boom.
birthrates.
bureaucratization.
child development.
colleges and universities.
commercialized leisure.
discrimination, age.
games and play.
infant schools.
jukeboxes.
juvenile courts.
middle age.
pediatrics.
peer groups.
religion.
retirement communities.
rural communities.
social security.
television.
vaudeville.
voting age.
work and workplace.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. BLURRED AGE DISTINCTIONS: AMERICAN SOCIETY BEFORE 1850
  • CHAPTER 2. ORIGINS OF AGE GRADING: EDUCATION AND MEDICINE
  • CHAPTER 3. AGE NORMS AND SCHEDULING: THE 1890S
  • CHAPTER 4. INTENSIFICATION OF AGE NORMS: 1900-1920
  • CHAPTER 5. EMERGENCE OF A PEER SOCIETY
  • CHAPTER 6. ACT YOUR AGE: THE CULTURE OF AGE, 1900-1935
  • CHAPTER 7. AGE CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC
  • CHAPTER 8. CONTINUITIES AND CHANGES IN THE RECENT PAST
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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