Old age in a bureaucratic society : the elderly, the experts, and the state in American history /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Van Tassel, David D. (David Dirck), 1928-, Stearns, Peter N.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [1986]
Series:	Contributions to the study of aging ; no. 4.
Subjects:	Older people > United States > Social conditions. Old age pensions > United States > History. Older people > United States > Family relationships > History. Gerontology > United States > History. Aged > history > United States. Geriatrics > history > United States. Socioeconomic Factors > history > United States. Personnes âgées > États-Unis > Conditions sociales. Pensions de vieillesse > États-Unis > Histoire. Personnes âgées > États-Unis > Relations familiales > Histoire. Gérontologie > États-Unis > Histoire.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : themes and prospects in old age history / Peter N. Stearns & David Van Tassel
The new history of the aged : a critique / Brian Gratton
Explaining old age history : the need for empiricism / Gerald N. Grob
"Putting off the old" : middle-class morality, antebellum Protestantism, and the origins of ageism / Thomas R. Cole
Geriatrics : a specialty in search of specialists / Carole Haber
Accounting for change in the families of the elderly in the United States, 1900 - present / Daniel Scott Smith
Life-course transitions and kin assistance in old age : a cohort comparison / Tamara Hareven
The transformation of old age security / Jill S. Quadagno
The elderly's Social Security entitlements as a measure of modern American life / W. Andrew Achenbaum
Citizenship at the crossroads : the future of old age security / John Myles
A comment : the Social Security crisis in perspective / William Graebner
Two roads diverged : a rejoinder / W. Andrew Achenbaum
The aged in a structured social context : medicine as a case study / Charles E. Rosenberg.