Growing Old in America

Growing Old in America
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Publisher : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 9780195023664
ISBN-13 : 0195023668
Rating : 4/5 (668 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Growing Old in America by : David Hackett Fischer

Download or read book Growing Old in America written by David Hackett Fischer and published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of aging in America surveys and compares actualities and attitudes in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries and suggests practical improvements on the current inadequate system of pensions, social security, medicare, and other programs.


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