TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cole,Thomas R.
TI  - The journey of life: a cultural history of aging in America 
SN  - 0521595797
AV  - HQ1064.U5 C65 1997
U1  - 305.26 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Old age
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Older people
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Aging
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Gerontology
KW  - Geriatrics
N1  - 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
ER  -