The journey of life : a cultural history of aging in America
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Cole, Thomas R., 1949-
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LC Subjects
Aging -- Social aspects -- United States.
Gerontology -- United States -- History.
Old age -- United States -- History.
Older people -- United States -- Social conditions.
Older people.
Social ecology.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Aging -- Social aspects
Gerontology
History
Old age
Older people
Older people -- Social conditions
Social ecology
United States
Other Subjects
Aged
Aging -- psychology
Aging -- United States -- History.
Alter
Alter, ...
Altern
Bejaarden.
elderly.
Geriatrics -- history
Geschichte
Gérontologie -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Gérontologie -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
human ecology.
Lebensbedingungen
Old age -- United States -- History.
Older people -- United States -- History.
Personnes âgées -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales.
Personnes âgées -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales.
Personnes âgées.
Social Environment
United States
USA
Vieillesse -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Vieillesse -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
Vieillissement -- Aspect social -- États-Unis.
Vieillissement -- Aspect social -- États-Unis.
Écologie sociale.

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Book
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xxxv, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
UPC
30184717

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
The Journey of Life envisions growing up and growing old as a voyage down a river flowing inexorably to the sea. With this image of the human life cycle, the author explores the historical shoreline of later life, charting its cultural forms and sounding their depths. The result is both a cultural history of aging and a contribution to public dialogue about the meaning and significance of later life. The core of the book shows how central texts and images of Northern.
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Middle-class culture, first in Europe and then in America, created and sustained specifically modern images of the life course between the Reformation and World War I. During this long period, secular, scientific, and individualist tendencies steadily eroded ancient and medieval understandings of aging as a mysterious part of the eternal order of things. Old age was removed from its ambiguous place in life's journey, rationalized, and redefined as a scientific problem.
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In the last quarter of the twentieth century, however, postmodern images of life's journey offer a renewed awareness of the spiritual dimensions of later life and new opportunities for growth in an aging society.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cole, T. R. (1992). The journey of life: a cultural history of aging in America . Cambridge University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cole, Thomas R., 1949-. 1992. The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cole, Thomas R., 1949-. The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.

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Cole, T. R. (1992). The journey of life: a cultural history of aging in america. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press.

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Cole, Thomas R. The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America Cambridge University Press, 1992.

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