Retiring men : manhood, labor, and growing old in America, 1900-1960 /

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This book explores how aging men struggled to sustain identities as workers, breadwinners, and patriarchs-the core ideals of twentieth-century masculinity-in the midst of increasing employer demands for the speed and stamina of youth in workplaces and the expansion of mandatory retirement policies i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wood, Gregory
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2012.
Temas:
Men > Employment > United States > History.
Age and employment > United States > History.
Retirement > United States > History.
Hommes > Travail > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Age and employment.
Men > Employment.
Retirement.
Rentner
Männlichkeit
Arbeit
United States.
USA
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : manhood and its discontents
  • Growing old at work during the early twentieth century
  • Old age proverty, pension politics, and gender during the 1920s
  • Older men and the boundaries of manhood during the 1930s
  • Postwar manhood and the shock of retirement
  • Work, play, and gender : the making of retirement culture
  • Conclusion : beyond the masculinity of youth?

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