Growing Old in America: The Bland-Lee Lectures Delivered at Clark UniversityOxford University Press, 20. apr 1978 - 304 pages 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
| 3 | |
The Exaltation of Age | 26 |
The Revolution in Age Relations | 77 |
The Cult of Youth in Mod | 113 |
Old Age Becomes a Social Problem | 157 |
A Thought for the | 196 |
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Growing Old in America ; The Bland-Lee Lectures Delivered At Clark University David Hackett Fischer No preview available - 1978 |
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