Retiring Men: Manhood, Labor, and Growing Old in America, 1900-1960

by Gregory Wood

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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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:076185679X

ISBN13:9780761856795

Release Date:January 2012

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:274 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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