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

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

Gregory Wood

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As life spans expanded dramatically in the United States after 1900, and employers increasingly demanded the speed and stamina of youth in the workplace, men struggled to sustain identities as workers, breadwinners, and patriarchs--the core ideals...

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