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03507aam a2200433 i 4500 001 29EEBC926B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 160302t20162016paua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016007469 020 $a 0822944499 020 $a 9780822944492 035 $a (OCoLC)923552098 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c STF $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d COO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HQ1061 .P3284 2016 082 00 $a 305.26097309/04 $2 23 084 $a MED032000 $a MED032000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Park, Hyung Wook, $e author. 245 10 $a Old age, new science : $b gerontologists and their biosocial visions, 1900-1960 / $c Hyung Wook Park. 264 1 $a Pittsburgh, Pa. : $b University of Pittsburgh Press, $c [2016] 300 $a viii, 342 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-327) and index. 520 $a "Between 1870 and 1940, life expectancy in the United States skyrocketed while the percentage of senior citizens age sixty-five and older more than doubled--a phenomenon owed largely to innovations in medicine and public health. At the same time, the Great Depression was a major tipping point for age discrimination and poverty in the West: seniors were living longer and retiring earlier, but without adequate means to support themselves and their families. The economic disaster of the 1930s alerted scientists, who were actively researching the processes of aging, to the profound social implications of their work--and by the end of the 1950s, the field of gerontology emerged. Old Age, New Science explores how a group of American and British life scientists contributed to gerontology's development as a multidisciplinary field. It examines the foundational "biosocial visions" they shared, a byproduct of both their research and the social problems they encountered. Hyung Wook Park shows how these visions shaped popular discourses on aging, directly influenced the institutionalization of gerontology, and also reflected the class, gender, and race biases of their founders"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This book focuses on the "biosocial visions" shared by early gerontologists in American and British science and culture from the early to mid-twentieth century who believed the phenomenon of aging was not just biological, but social in nature. Advancements in the life sciences, together with shifting perspectives on the state and future of the elderly in society, informed how gerontologists interacted with seniors, and how they defined successful aging. Park shows how these visions shaped popular discourses on aging, directly influenced the institutionalization of gerontology, and also reflected the class, gender, and race biases of their founders"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Gerontology $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Social gerontology $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Aging $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a SCIENCE $x History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a MEDICAL $x Geriatrics. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Aging $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00800348 650 7 $a Gerontology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00942204 650 7 $a Social gerontology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01744445 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170706045054.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=29EEBC926B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search