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050	0	4	_aHQ1061 _b.O433 2016
100	1		_aPark, Hyung Wook, _e1
245	1	0	_aOld age, new science : _bgerontologists and their biosocial visions, 1900-1960 / _cHyung Wook Park.
260			_aPittsburgh, Pa. : _bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, _c(c)2016.
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520	0		_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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	0		_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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_aAcknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Envisioning Age in Experimental and Social Contexts; Chapter 2. A Biosocial Vision and Textbooks in Starting a Multidisciplinary Science; Chapter 3. Projecting Visions and Cultivating a Science in American Society; Chapter 4. Calories, Aging, and Building a Biosocial Research Program; Chapter 5. Senescence, Science, and Society in Great Britain; Chapter 6. Growing Old and Biomedicine in the National Institutes of Health; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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650		0	_aAging _xSocial aspects _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aSocial gerontology _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aGerontology _xHistory _y20th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell