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Beyond Sixty-Five

Name: Beyond Sixty-Five
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 02027459
Price: 13510 HUF
Availability: InStock
Author: Carole Haber
ISBN: 9780521315074

The Dilemma of Old Age in America's Past

Carole Haber

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 02027459

Publishers Cambridge University Press, February 1985

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This book investigates the changing roles and perceptions of old age in nineteenth-century America. It shows how the economic and social transformation of the nation affected the condition of the aged, as it altered beliefs about their abilities and needs. Focusing on the ideas of doctors, charity workers, and social planners, it traces the process by which their view of senescence was incorporated into geriatric medicine, the development of the nation's first old-age homes and mandatory retirement plans. With the adoption of these programmes, old age came to be seen as a widespread social problem. By the early twentieth century, it had become characterized as a time of dependence and disease - an attitude which continues to influence the way that modern Americans perceive and treat the elderly.