Title:
Shock of gray : the aging of the world's population and how it pits young against old, child against parent, worker against boss, company against rival, and nation against nation / Ted C. Fishman.
Author:
Fishman, Ted C., 1958-
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner, c2010.
Call Number:
HQ1061 .F55 2010
Abstract:
In "Shock of Gray," Ted Fishman explains the astouding economic and political changes we face as our world suddenly grows old.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010029522-b.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010029522-d.html
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
ISBN:
9781416551027
Physical Description:
401 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Gray new world -- Greetings from Florida, God's waiting room -- Brief history of living much longer -- Señor moment : Spain's discovery of age -- How we (really) do (continuously) age -- Japan, land of the missing sun -- Twisting fates of the screw capital : Rockford, Illinois -- Vulnerable, cherished, frail, kind, bothersome, sweet, expensive, wise, lonely, and irrelevant : how do we see the elderly -- China : will it grow old before it grows rich? -- Generations at the table.
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