Old Age in the New Land : The American Experience since 1790 /

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Achenbaum, W. Andrew
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Alter
Older people.
Public opinion.
Personnes âgees > États-Unis > Histoire.
Personnes âgees > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Aged > history
Geriatrics > history
Older people > United States > History.
Older people > United States > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States.
USA.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. I: Changing perceptions of the aged's roles in nineteenth-century America
  • The usefulness of old age
  • Variations on a theme
  • The obsolescence of old age
  • pt. II: The demographic and socioeconomic dimensions of old age
  • The rhetoric and realities of growing old diverge in nineteenth-century America
  • Old age becomes "modern" in twentieth-century America
  • pt. III: Contemporary old age in historical perspective
  • Old age becomes a national problem
  • Social Security: A novel solution for the problem of America's aged
  • Old age in the United States since Social Security.

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