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Retiring Men: Manhood, Labor, and Growing Old in America, 1900-1960 Gregory Wood
Retiring Men: Manhood, Labor, and Growing Old in America, 1900-1960
Gregory Wood
This book explores how aging men struggled to sustain identities as workers, breadwinners, and patriarchs—the core ideals of twentieth-century masculinity—in the midst of increasing employer demands for the speed and stamina of youth in workplaces and the expansion of mandatory retirement policies in the age of Social Security.
268 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 18, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780761856795 |
| Publishers | University Press of America |
| Pages | 274 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 236 × 24 mm · 594 g |
| Language | English |