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The journey of life : a cultural history of aging in America / Thomas R. Cole.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997Edition: Canto editionDescription: xxxv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521595797
  • 9780521595797
  • 0521410207
  • 9780521410205
  • 0521447658
  • 9780521447652
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.26 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.U5 C65 1997
  • HQ1064.U5 C526 1997
Contents:
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 -- Epilogue: Beyond dualism and control -- reflections on aging in postmodern culture --
Introduction -- Part I. The Ages of Life and the Journey of Life: Transcendent Ideals: -- 1. Aging in the Western tradition: cultural origins of the modern life course -- 2. The aging pilgrim's progress in the New World -- 3. 'death without order': the late Calvinist ideal of aging -- Part II. The Dualism of Aging in Victorian America: -- 4. Antebellum revivals and Victorian morals: the ideological origins of ageism -- 5. Popular health reform and the legitimation of longevity, 1830-1870 -- 6. Aging, popular art, and Romantic religion in mid-Victorian culture -- 7. In a different voice: self-help and the ideal of 'civilised' old age, 1850-1910 -- Part III. Science and the Ideal of Normal Aging: -- 8. The aging of 'civilised' morality: the fixed period versus prolongevity, 1870-1925 -- 9. Toward the scientific management of aging: the formative literature of gerontology and geriatrics, 1890-1930 -- 10. The prophecy of Senescence: G. Stanley Hall and the reconstruction of old age -- Epilogue: Beyond dualism and control - reflections on aging in postmodern culture.
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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 -- Epilogue: Beyond dualism and control -- reflections on aging in postmodern culture --

Introduction -- Part I. The Ages of Life and the Journey of Life: Transcendent Ideals: -- 1. Aging in the Western tradition: cultural origins of the modern life course -- 2. The aging pilgrim's progress in the New World -- 3. 'death without order': the late Calvinist ideal of aging -- Part II. The Dualism of Aging in Victorian America: -- 4. Antebellum revivals and Victorian morals: the ideological origins of ageism -- 5. Popular health reform and the legitimation of longevity, 1830-1870 -- 6. Aging, popular art, and Romantic religion in mid-Victorian culture -- 7. In a different voice: self-help and the ideal of 'civilised' old age, 1850-1910 -- Part III. Science and the Ideal of Normal Aging: -- 8. The aging of 'civilised' morality: the fixed period versus prolongevity, 1870-1925 -- 9. Toward the scientific management of aging: the formative literature of gerontology and geriatrics, 1890-1930 -- 10. The prophecy of Senescence: G. Stanley Hall and the reconstruction of old age -- Epilogue: Beyond dualism and control - reflections on aging in postmodern culture.

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