{"product_id":"old-age-in-the-new-land-9781421435060","title":"Old Age in the New Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1978. Drawing on a wide range of sources from social, intellectual, and political history, Old Age in the New Land analyzes the changing fates and fortunes of America's elderly in the course of its history. By providing a historical perspective on society's conceptions of agingand its effects on human livesAchenbaum's work offers valuable insights for historians, sociologists, gerontologists, and others interested in the graying of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Changing Perceptions of the Aged's Roles in Nineteenth-Century America \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Usefulness of Old Age \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Variations on a Theme \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Obsolescence of Old Age \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Demographic and Socioeconomic Dimensions of Old Age \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Rhetoric and Realities of Growing Old Diverge in Nineteenth-Century America \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Old Age Becomes \"Modem\" in Twentieth-Century America \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Contemporary Old Age in Historical Perspective \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Old Age Becomes a National Problem \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Social Security: A Novel Solution for the Problem of America's Aged\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Old Age in the United States since Social Security \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003eAppendix \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408134906199,"sku":"9781421435060","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421435060.jpg?v=1730501712","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/old-age-in-the-new-land-9781421435060","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}