Cole, Thomas R.,  1949- <br/><br/>
The journey of life :  a cultural history of aging in America / 
Thomas R. Cole. 
 - Canto edition. 
 - xxxv, 260 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521595797 9780521595797 0521410207 9780521410205 0521447658 9780521447652 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Old age--History--United States<br/>Older people--Social conditions--United States<br/>Aging--Social aspects--United States<br/>Gerontology--History--United States<br/>Geriatrics--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1064.U5  / C65 1997 HQ1064.U5  / C526 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.26