03056oam 22006854a 450 991052470370332120220125131103.0(CKB)4100000010461090(OCoLC)1131905670(MdBmJHUP)muse82069(EXLCZ)99410000001046109020100625h20191978 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOld Age in the New LandThe American Experience since 1790 /W. Andrew AchenbaumJohns Hopkins University Press1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) illustrationsThe text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International LicenseOpen access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.1-4214-3506-3 1-4214-3507-1 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.Public opinionfast(OCoLC)fst01082785Older peoplefast(OCoLC)fst01199093AlterswdOpinion publique©Etats-UnisPersonnes ©ag©ees©Etats-UnisOpinion publiquePersonnes ©ag©ees©Etats-UnisHistoireGeriatricshistory(DNLM)D005853Q000266AgedhistoryPublic opinionUnited StatesOlder peopleUnited StatesPublic opinionOlder peopleUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesfastUSAswdUnited StatesHistory.Public opinion.Older people.Alter.Opinion publiquePersonnes ©ag©eesOpinion publique.Personnes ©ag©eesHistoire.Geriatricshistory.Agedhistory.Public opinionOlder peoplePublic opinion.Older peopleHistory.301.4350973Achenbaum W. Andrew519202MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524703703321Old Age in the New Land2784166UNINA