Old Age in the New Land

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Changing Perceptions of the Aged's Roles in Nineteenth-Century America
Chapter 1. The Usefulness of Old Age
Chapter 2. Variations on a Theme
Chapter 3. The Obsolescence of Old Age
Part II. The Demographic and Socioeconomic Dimensions of Old Age
Chapter 4. The Rhetoric and Realities of Growing Old Diverge in Nineteenth-Century America
Chapter 5. Old Age Becomes "Modem" in Twentieth-Century America
Part III. Contemporary Old Age in Historical Perspective
Chapter 6. Old Age Becomes a National Problem
Chapter 7. Social Security: A Novel Solution for the Problem of America's Aged
Chapter 8. Old Age in the United States since Social Security
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index