Manhood, Labor, and Growing Old in America, 1900-1960
by
Gregory Wood
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
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 of twentieth-century masculinity. Longer life threatened...