Someday all this will be yours : a history of inheritance and old age /

Hartog tells the heartbreaking stories of how families fought over the work of caring for the elderly, and its compensation, in a time before pensions, Social Security, and nursing homes filled this gap. As an explosive economy drew the young away from home, we see how the elderly used promises of i...

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Main Author: Hartog, Hendrik, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012
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