Old Age in the New Land : The American Experience since 1790 / / W. Andrew Achenbaum

• Autore: Achenbaum W. Andrew
• Pubblicazione: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 301.4350973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States; USA
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Note generali: 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.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Old Age in the New Land
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910524703703321
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