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

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

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Bibliographic Details
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

Table of Contents:

Introduction : manhood and its discontents
Growing old at work during the early twentieth century
Old age proverty, pension politics, and gender during the 1920s
Older men and the boundaries of manhood during the 1930s
Postwar manhood and the shock of retirement
Work, play, and gender : the making of retirement culture
Conclusion : beyond the masculinity of youth?