Old Age And The Search For Security
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Old Age And The Search For Security
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Author : Carole Haber
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1993-12-22
Old Age And The Search For Security written by Carole Haber and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-12-22 with History categories.
"Haber and Gratton lay to rest many conventional assumptions concerning the place of older persons in American history." -- Choice "Haber and Gratton's meaty little book does more than provide an intelligent synthesis of existing old-age history; its new interpretations, insights, and shifts of emphasis will provoke responses and help move historians' work away from the now threadbare original disputes in e field toward new questions and approaches." -- American Historical Review "Indeed, Haber and Gratton give us a refreshingly multidimensional history of the shift in old-age security from work, assets, or children to government annuities." -- Contemporary Sociology "... the history of old age has finally come of age. The authors successfully synthesize the best of the earlier social and cultural studies with new empirical evidence and recent findings of economic historians." -- Journal of Economic History "A truly 'revisionary' interpretation of the cultural and structural forces that shaped the elderly's lives from the colonial period to the present. Lucid and controversial, [it] is bound to be widely cited and hotly contested." -- W. Andrew Achenbaum This social history of the American elderly offers a provocative new view of aging in the United States. It revises traditional assumptions about the economic status of the old and challenges the long-held contention that industrialization destroyed family relationships.
The Transformation Of Old Age Security
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Author : Jill Quadagno
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1988-02-18
The Transformation Of Old Age Security written by Jill Quadagno and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-02-18 with Business & Economics categories.
Why did the United States lag behind Germany, Britain, and Sweden in adopting a national plan for the elderly? When the Social Security Act was finally enacted in 1935, why did it depend on a class-based double standard? Why is old age welfare in the United States still less comprehensive than its European counterparts? In this sophisticated analytical chronicle of one hundred years of American welfare history, Jill Quadagno explores the curious birth of old age assistance in the United States. Grounded in historical research and informed by social science theory, the study reveals how public assistance grew from colonial-era poor laws, locally financed and administered, into a massive federal bureaucracy.
In Search Of Security
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
In Search Of Security written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Aged categories.
Age In America
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Author : Corinne T. Field
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2015-05-22
Age In America written by Corinne T. Field and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-22 with History categories.
Eighteen. Twenty-one. Sixty-five. In America today, we recognize these numbers as key transitions in our lives—precise moments when our rights and opportunities change—when we become eligible to cast a vote, buy a drink, or enroll in Medicare. This volume brings together scholars of childhood, adulthood, and old age to explore how and why particular ages have come to define the rights and obligations of American citizens. Since the founding of the nation, Americans have relied on chronological age to determine matters as diverse as who can marry, work, be enslaved, drive a car, or qualify for a pension. Contributors to this volume explore what meanings people in the past ascribed to specific ages and whether or not earlier Americans believed the same things about particular ages as we do. The means by which Americans imposed chronological boundaries upon the variable process of growing up and growing old offers a paradigmatic example of how people construct cultural meaning and social hierarchy from embodied experience. Further, chronological age always intersects with other socially constructed categories such as gender, race, and sexuality. Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, taking up a variety of distinct subcultures—from frontier children and antebellum slaves to twentieth-century Latinas—Age in America makes a powerful case that age has always been a key index of citizenship.
Security In Your Old Age
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Author : United States. Social Security Board
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-19
Security In Your Old Age written by United States. Social Security Board and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-19 with Fiction categories.
"Security in Your Old Age" is an informational booklet on the Social Security Act of the United States of America. It is addressed to employees of industrial and business establishments, factories, shops, mines, mills, stores, offices and other places of business, to advise them on the provisions of the Act which had been passed the year before. It explains the purpose of the act to confer to persons over the age of 65 years the right to receive social security checks, and explains the amounts to be received by different cadres of persons. The same law that provides these old-age benefits for American workers, also set up certain new taxes to be paid to the United States Government to be collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the U. S. Treasury Department.
For All These Rights
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Author : Jennifer Klein
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2006-03-13
For All These Rights written by Jennifer Klein and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-13 with History categories.
America's system of social insurance comes out of the politics of social provision and industrial relations. This study illuminates the contests to define the ideological and economic meaning of security, in terms of employment, health and pensions.
In Search Of Security
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
In Search Of Security written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Older people categories.
This Chair Rocks
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Author : Ashton Applewhite
language : en
Publisher: Celadon Books
Release Date : 2019-03-05
This Chair Rocks written by Ashton Applewhite and has been published by Celadon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-05 with Self-Help categories.
Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation. Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action. It’s time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether you’re older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride! “Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author
Technologies For Active Aging
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Author : Andrew Sixsmith
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-05-16
Technologies For Active Aging written by Andrew Sixsmith and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-16 with Family & Relationships categories.
The challenge of population aging requires innovative approaches to meet the needs of increasing numbers of older people. Emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as pervasive computing and ambient assistive technology, have considerable potential for enhancing the quality of life of many older people by providing additional safety and security while also supporting mobility, independent living, and social participation. The proposed book will be a landmark publication in the area of technology and aging that will serve as a statement of the current state-of-the-art and as a pointer to directions for future research and emerging technologies, products, and services.
Mobile Technology For Adaptive Aging
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2020-10-25
Mobile Technology For Adaptive Aging written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-25 with Social Science categories.
To explore how mobile technology can be employed to enhance the lives of older adults, the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine commissioned 6 papers, which were presented at a workshop held on December 11 and 12, 2019. These papers review research on mobile technologies and aging, and highlight promising avenues for further research.