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Growing old in America / David Hackett Fischer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-
- Series:
- Galaxy Books ; 532
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging--History--United States.
- Aging.
- Old age--History.
- Old age.
- Old age assistance--History--United States.
- Old age assistance.
- Older people--History--United States.
- Older people.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 pages) : tables
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : OUP USA, 1978.
- Summary:
- A history of aging in America surveys and compares actualities and attitudes in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries and suggests practical improvements on the current inadequate system of pensions, social security, medicare, and other programs.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. GERONTOCRATIA: The Exaltation of Age in Early America, 1607-1820
- II. TRANSITION: The Revolution in Age Relations, 1770-1820
- III. GERONTOPHOBIA: The Cult of Youth in Modern America, 1770-1970
- IV. TRANSITION: Old Age Becomes a Social Problem, 1909-1970
- V. GERONTOPHRATRIA: A Thought for the Future, 1909-
- Conclusion
- Bibliographical Essay
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-52279-8
- 0-19-972685-X
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