Old Age, New Science : Gerontologists and Their Biosocial Visions, 1900-1960 /

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"Between 1870 and 1940, life expectancy in the United States skyrocketed while the percentage of senior citizens age sixty-five and older more than doubled--a phenomenon owed largely to innovations in medicine and public health. At the same time, the Great Depression was a major tipping point f...

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Autor principal: Park, Hyung Wook (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social gerontology.
Gerontology.
Aging > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SCIENCE > History.
MEDICAL > Geriatrics.
Gerontologie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Gerontologie sociale > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Vieillissement > Aspect social > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Gerontology > History > 20th century.
Social gerontology > History > 20th century.
Aging > Social aspects > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Envisioning Age in Experimental and Social Contexts; Chapter 2. A Biosocial Vision and Textbooks in Starting a Multidisciplinary Science; Chapter 3. Projecting Visions and Cultivating a Science in American Society; Chapter 4. Calories, Aging, and Building a Biosocial Research Program; Chapter 5. Senescence, Science, and Society in Great Britain; Chapter 6. Growing Old and Biomedicine in the National Institutes of Health; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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