Old Age in the New Land The American Experience since 1790 / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
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TextDescription: 1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 237 pages) : illustrationsISBN: 9781421435077Subject(s): Public opinion | Older people | Alter | Opinion publique -- ©Etats-Unis | Personnes ©ag©ees -- ©Etats-Unis -- Opinion publique | Personnes ©ag©ees -- ©Etats-Unis -- Histoire | Geriatrics -- history | Aged -- history | Public opinion -- United States | Older people -- United States -- Public opinion | Older people -- United States -- History | United States | USA | United States | Geschichte 1790-1970Genre/Form: Electronic books. | History. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Old age in the new land.DDC classification: 301.43/5/0973 LOC classification: HQ1064.U5 | A26 1978Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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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