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Retiring Men: Manhood, Labor, and Growing Old in America, 1900-1960
Author(s): Gregory Wood (Author)
- Publisher: University Press of America (UK)
- Publication Date: 18 Jan. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 282 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780761856795
- ISBN-13: 076185679X
Book Description
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.
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About the Author
Gregory Wood is assistant professor of history at Frostburg State University. His articles and reviews have appeared in Journal of Social History, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, Labor History, Pennsylvania History, Essays in Economic & Business History, Michigan Historical Review, Labour History (Australia), and The Jim Crow Encyclopedia.
