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Old Age, New Science: Gerontologists and Their Biosocial Visions, 1900-1960
Hyung Wook Park
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Description for Old Age, New Science: Gerontologists and Their Biosocial Visions, 1900-1960
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Between 1870 and 1940, life expectancy in the United States skyrocketed while the percentage of senior citizens age sixty-five and older more than doubled—a phenomenon owed largely to innovations in medicine and public health. At the same time, the Great Depression was a major tipping point for age discrimination and poverty in the West: seniors were living longer and retiring earlier, but without adequate means to support themselves and their families. The economic disaster of the 1930s alerted scientists, who were actively researching the processes of aging, to the profound social implications of their work—and by the end of the ... Read more
Between 1870 and 1940, life expectancy in the United States skyrocketed while the percentage of senior citizens age sixty-five and older more than doubled—a phenomenon owed largely to innovations in medicine and public health. At the same time, the Great Depression was a major tipping point for age discrimination and poverty in the West: seniors were living longer and retiring earlier, but without adequate means to support themselves and their families. The economic disaster of the 1930s alerted scientists, who were actively researching the processes of aging, to the profound social implications of their work—and by the end of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822944492
SKU
V9780822944492
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About Hyung Wook Park
Hyung Wook Park is assistant professor of history at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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