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Achenbaum, W. Andrew.

Old Age in the New Land The American Experience since 1790 / W. Andrew Achenbaum. - 1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 237 pages) : illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.

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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ISBN: 9781421435077

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1790-1970.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Public opinion.
Older people.
Alter.
Opinion publique--©Etats-Unis.
Personnes ©ag©ees--Opinion publique.--©Etats-Unis
Personnes ©ag©ees--Histoire.--©Etats-Unis
Geriatrics--history.
Aged--history.
Public opinion--United States.
Older people--Public opinion.--United States
Older people--History.--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
USA.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ1064.U5 / A26 1978

Dewey Class. No.: 301.43/5/0973