DAVID P. SHULDINER holds dual appointments as Visiting Professor with the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut and as Humanities Program Coordinator with the State of Connecticut, Department of Social Services, Elderly Services Division./e Trained in anthropology, folklore, and gerontology, he has conducted research among the aging since 1980 when he began interviewing veterans of the Jewish Labor Movement who were active in the United States in the first half of the 20th century.

• Setting the Stage Introduction The Dialectics of Identity: Search for a Method The Aging of Politics--The Politics of Aging The Stories "With the Feelings that I Have about the Capitalist System" (Joe: Interview One) "When I Left the Party, I Left for a Number of Reasons" (Joe: Interview Two) "I Would Probe Into Their Feelings About How They Missed the CP Life" (Joe: Interview Three) "I Think I'm Still Looking for My Core" (Lil) "I've Always Had an Individualistic Approach to Things" (Jake: Interview One) "Those Influences Remain and They're a Part of My Heritage" (Jake: Interview Two) "It Was an Episode, a Long and Good Episode in History, and It is Ending" (Sid) Summing Things Up Age of Wisdom, Age of Action: Narrative Themes and Variations Conclusion

DAVID P. SHULDINER holds dual appointments as Visiting Professor with the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut and as Humanities Program Coordinator with the State of Connecticut, Department of Social Services, Elderly Services Division./e Trained in anthropology, folklore, and gerontology, he has conducted research among the aging since 1980 when he began interviewing veterans of the Jewish Labor Movement who were active in the United States in the first half of the 20th century.

• Setting the Stage Introduction The Dialectics of Identity: Search for a Method The Aging of Politics--The Politics of Aging The Stories "With the Feelings that I Have about the Capitalist System" (Joe: Interview One) "When I Left the Party, I Left for a Number of Reasons" (Joe: Interview Two) "I Would Probe Into Their Feelings About How They Missed the CP Life" (Joe: Interview Three) "I Think I'm Still Looking for My Core" (Lil) "I've Always Had an Individualistic Approach to Things" (Jake: Interview One) "Those Influences Remain and They're a Part of My Heritage" (Jake: Interview Two) "It Was an Episode, a Long and Good Episode in History, and It is Ending" (Sid) Summing Things Up Age of Wisdom, Age of Action: Narrative Themes and Variations Conclusion

DAVID P. SHULDINER holds dual appointments as Visiting Professor with the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut and as Humanities Program Coordinator with the State of Connecticut, Department of Social Services, Elderly Services Division./e Trained in anthropology, folklore, and gerontology, he has conducted research among the aging since 1980 when he began interviewing veterans of the Jewish Labor Movement who were active in the United States in the first half of the 20th century.

• Setting the Stage Introduction The Dialectics of Identity: Search for a Method The Aging of Politics--The Politics of Aging The Stories "With the Feelings that I Have about the Capitalist System" (Joe: Interview One) "When I Left the Party, I Left for a Number of Reasons" (Joe: Interview Two) "I Would Probe Into Their Feelings About How They Missed the CP Life" (Joe: Interview Three) "I Think I'm Still Looking for My Core" (Lil) "I've Always Had an Individualistic Approach to Things" (Jake: Interview One) "Those Influences Remain and They're a Part of My Heritage" (Jake: Interview Two) "It Was an Episode, a Long and Good Episode in History, and It is Ending" (Sid) Summing Things Up Age of Wisdom, Age of Action: Narrative Themes and Variations Conclusion