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