Achenbaum, W. Andrew. <br/><br/>
Old Age in the New Land :   The American Experience since 1790 /  
W. Andrew Achenbaum. 
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<br/><br/> Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.  The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 
<br/><br/>pt. I: Changing perceptions of the aged's roles in nineteenth-century America -- The usefulness of old age -- Variations on a theme -- The obsolescence of old age -- pt. II: The demographic and socioeconomic dimensions of old age -- The rhetoric and realities of growing old diverge in nineteenth-century America -- Old age becomes "modern" in twentieth-century America -- pt. III: Contemporary old age in historical perspective -- Old age becomes a national problem -- Social Security: A novel solution for the problem of America's aged -- Old age in the United States since Social Security. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421435077 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alter<br/>Older people.<br/>Public opinion.<br/>Personnes âgees--Histoire.--États-Unis<br/>Personnes âgees--Opinion publique.--États-Unis<br/>Opinion publique--États-Unis.<br/>Aged--history<br/>Geriatrics--history<br/>Older people--History.--United States<br/>Older people--Public opinion.--United States<br/>Public opinion--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA.<br/>United States.<br/>United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.