Research Catalog

Title

The new old : how the boomers are changing everything-- again / David Cravit.

Author

Cravit, David.

Publication

Toronto : ECW Press, c2008.

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Description

200 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Everybody talks about the "aging of the population" but most of the talk is about numbers. What's missing is the qualitative story: it's not that there are more "older people" out there. It's that they are not the same as the older people of any previous generation."--Jacket.

Subject

• Baby boom generation
• Middle-aged persons > Social conditions
• Middle age > Social aspects
• Aging
• Génération du baby-boom
• Personnes d'âge moyen > Conditions sociales
• Âge moyen > Aspect social
• Vieillissement

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. How Did We Get Here? -- Ch. 1. The big picture -- Ch. 2. Is Mick Jagger a senior citizen? -- Pt. 2. The New Old Landscape -- Ch. 3. Back to Methuselah -- Ch. 4. Why is this man smiling? -- Ch. 5. The SKIers -- Ch. 6. I'm gonna spend forever -- Ch. 7. Sex: it's never over -- Pt. 3. Rut Some Are Still Clueless -- Ch. 8. "They're only gonna buy one more car before they die" -- Ch. 9. Boomer politics: there are none -- Pt. 4. So What Are You Supposed to Do Now? -- Ch. 10. Look in the mirror -- Ch. 11. Shoot the messenger -- Postscript: Stay tuned.

ISBN

• 9781550228434 (pbk.)
• 1550228439 (pbk.)

OCLC

226302804

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library