Retiring men : manhood, labor, and growing old in America, 1900-1960 /

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Author / Creator:	Wood, Gregory.
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Men -- Employment -- United States -- History. Age and employment -- United States -- History. Retirement -- United States -- History. Age and employment. Men -- Employment. Retirement. United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132366

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ISBN:	9780761856801 0761856803 076185679X 9780761856795
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Wood, Gregory. Retiring men. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2012 076185679X

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