Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age

Author/Contributor(s):	Chappel, James
Publisher:	Basic Books
Date:	11/19/2024
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"On farms and in factories, Americans once had little choice but to work until death. As the nation prospered, a new idea was born: the right to a dignified and secure old age. That project has benefited millions, but it remains incomplete--and today it's under siege. In Golden Years, historian James Chappel shows how old age first emerged as a distinct stage of life and how it evolved over the last century, shaped by politicians' choices, activists' demands, medical advancements, and cultural models from utopian novels to The Golden Girls"--