Retiring men : manhood, labor, and growing old in America, 1900-1960 / Gregory Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Gregory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men--Employment--United States.

Men.

Retirement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores how aging men struggled to sustain identities as workers, breadwinners, and patriarchs-the core ideals of twentieth-century masculinity-in the midst of increasing employer demands for the speed and stamina of youth in workplaces and the expansion of mandatory retirement policies in the age of Social Security.

Contents:

Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Manhood and Its Discontents; Chapter One. Growing Old at Work during the Early Twentieth Century; Chapter Two. Old Age Poverty, Pension Politics, and Gender during the 1920's; Chapter Three. Older Men and the Boundaries of Manhood during the 1930's; Chapter Four. Postwar Manhood and the Shock of Retirement; Chapter Five. Work, Play, and Gender: The Making of Retirement Culture; Conclusion: Beyond the Masculinity of Youth?; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7618-8825-X

1-280-65755-3

9786613634481

0-7618-5680-3

OCLC:

793743120