The journey of life : a cultural history of aging in America /
Cole, Thomas R., 1949-
The journey of life : a cultural history of aging in America / Thomas R. Cole. - Canto edition. - xxxv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aging in the Western tradition: cultural origins of the modern life cours -- The aging pilgrim's progress in the New World -- "Death without order": the late Cavinist ideal of aging -- Antebellum revivals and Victorial morals: the ideological origins of ageism -- Popular health reform and the legitimation of longevity, 1830-1870 -- Aging, popular art, and romantic religion in mid-Victorian culture -- In a different voice: self-help and the ideal of "civilized" old age, 1850-1910 -- The aging of "civilized" morality: the fixed period versus prolongevity, 1870-1925 -- Toward the scientific management of aging: the formative literature of gerontology and geriatrics, 1890-1930 -- The prophecy of Senescence: G. Stanley Hall and the reconstruction of old age -- Beyond dualism and control -- reflections on aging in postmodern culture -- Epilogue: Introduction -- The Ages of Life and the Journey of Life: Transcendent Ideals: -- Aging in the Western tradition: cultural origins of the modern life course -- The aging pilgrim's progress in the New World -- 'death without order': the late Calvinist ideal of aging -- The Dualism of Aging in Victorian America: -- Antebellum revivals and Victorian morals: the ideological origins of ageism -- Popular health reform and the legitimation of longevity, 1830-1870 -- Aging, popular art, and Romantic religion in mid-Victorian culture -- In a different voice: self-help and the ideal of 'civilised' old age, 1850-1910 -- Science and the Ideal of Normal Aging: -- The aging of 'civilised' morality: the fixed period versus prolongevity, 1870-1925 -- Toward the scientific management of aging: the formative literature of gerontology and geriatrics, 1890-1930 -- The prophecy of Senescence: G. Stanley Hall and the reconstruction of old age -- Epilogue: Beyond dualism and control - reflections on aging in postmodern culture. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10.
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Old age--History--United States
Older people--Social conditions--United States
Aging--Social aspects--United States
Gerontology--History--United States
Geriatrics--History.
HQ1064.U5 / C65 1997 HQ1064.U5 / C526 1997
305.26
The journey of life : a cultural history of aging in America / Thomas R. Cole. - Canto edition. - xxxv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Aging in the Western tradition: cultural origins of the modern life cours -- The aging pilgrim's progress in the New World -- "Death without order": the late Cavinist ideal of aging -- Antebellum revivals and Victorial morals: the ideological origins of ageism -- Popular health reform and the legitimation of longevity, 1830-1870 -- Aging, popular art, and romantic religion in mid-Victorian culture -- In a different voice: self-help and the ideal of "civilized" old age, 1850-1910 -- The aging of "civilized" morality: the fixed period versus prolongevity, 1870-1925 -- Toward the scientific management of aging: the formative literature of gerontology and geriatrics, 1890-1930 -- The prophecy of Senescence: G. Stanley Hall and the reconstruction of old age -- Beyond dualism and control -- reflections on aging in postmodern culture -- Epilogue: Introduction -- The Ages of Life and the Journey of Life: Transcendent Ideals: -- Aging in the Western tradition: cultural origins of the modern life course -- The aging pilgrim's progress in the New World -- 'death without order': the late Calvinist ideal of aging -- The Dualism of Aging in Victorian America: -- Antebellum revivals and Victorian morals: the ideological origins of ageism -- Popular health reform and the legitimation of longevity, 1830-1870 -- Aging, popular art, and Romantic religion in mid-Victorian culture -- In a different voice: self-help and the ideal of 'civilised' old age, 1850-1910 -- Science and the Ideal of Normal Aging: -- The aging of 'civilised' morality: the fixed period versus prolongevity, 1870-1925 -- Toward the scientific management of aging: the formative literature of gerontology and geriatrics, 1890-1930 -- The prophecy of Senescence: G. Stanley Hall and the reconstruction of old age -- Epilogue: Beyond dualism and control - reflections on aging in postmodern culture. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10.
0521595797 9780521595797 0521410207 9780521410205 0521447658 9780521447652
Old age--History--United States
Older people--Social conditions--United States
Aging--Social aspects--United States
Gerontology--History--United States
Geriatrics--History.
HQ1064.U5 / C65 1997 HQ1064.U5 / C526 1997
305.26