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Someday all this will be yours : a history of inheritance and old age /

Hartog tells the heartbreaking stories of how families fought over the work of caring for the elderly, and its compensation, in a time before pensions, Social Security, and nursing homes filled this gap. As an explosive economy drew the young away from home, we see how the elderly used promises of i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hartog, Hendrik, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Of helplessness and power
  • The work of promises
  • Keeping them close
  • Things fall apart
  • A life transformed
  • Compensations for care
  • Paid work.