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Growing Old in America : the Bland-Lee Lectures Delivered at Clark University.
A history of aging in America surveys and compares actualities and attitudes in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries and suggests practical improvements on the current inadequate system of pensions, social security, medicare, and other programs.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1978.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- I. GERONTOCRATIA: The Exaltation of Age in Early America, 1607-1820
- II. TRANSITION: The Revolution in Age Relations, 1770-1820
- III. GERONTOPHOBIA: The Cult of Youth in Modern America, 1770-1970
- IV. TRANSITION: Old Age Becomes a Social Problem, 1909-1970
- V. GERONTOPHRATRIA: A Thought for the Future, 1909-
- Conclusion
- Bibliographical Essay
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.