2011, ISBN: 9780307377944

USA: Pantheon Books. Very Good. Hardcover. 2011. 332 pages. light wear<br><br><p><strong>NEVER SAY DIE: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age</strong>… More...

USA: Pantheon Books. Very Good. Hardcover. 2011. 332 pages. light wear<br><br><p><strong>NEVER SAY DIE: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age</strong><br /><br />By Susan Ja coby<br /><br />Pantheon Books, USA, 2011<br />ISBN 9780307377944 <br />royal hb, 332pp<br /><br /><br />VERY GOOD: light wear<br / ><br />Susan Jacoby, an unsparing chronicler of unreason in Ameri can culture, now offers an impassioned, tough-minded critique of the myth that a radically new old age--unmarred by physical or me ntal deterioration, financial problems, or intimate loneliness--a waits the huge baby boom generation. Combining historical, social , and economic analysis with personal experiences of love and los s, Jacoby turns a caustic eye not only on the modern fiction that old age can be defied but also on the sentimental image of a pas t in which Americans supposedly revered their elders.<br />Never Say Die unmasks the fallacies promoted by twenty-first-century hu cksters of longevity--including health gurus claiming that boomer s can stay forever young if they only live right, self-promoting biomedical businessmen predicting that ninety may soon become the new fifty and that a cure for the disease of aging is just aroun d the corner, and wishful thinkers asserting that older means wis er.<br />The author offers powerful evidence that America has alw ays been a youth culture and that the plight of the neglected old dates from the early years of the republic. Today, as the oldest boomers turn sixty-five, it is imperative for them to distinguis h between marketing hype and realistic hope about what lies ahead for the more than 70 million Americans who will be beyond the tr aditional retirement age by 2030. This wide-ranging reappraisal e xamines the explosion of Alzheimer's cases, the uncertain economi c future of aging boomers, the predicament of women who make up a n overwhelming majority of the oldest--and poorest--old, and the illusion that we can control the way we age and die.</p> ., Pantheon Books, 2011, 3<

1983, ISBN: 9780307377944

Hardcover

Harpercollins Childrens Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. … More...

Harpercollins Childrens Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2.5, BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co., 1983. paperback. gebraucht, gut Lesefalten im Rücken, Einband berieben. 22,20 x 15,60 x 1,40., BLV Buchverlag GmbH & Co., 1983, 2.5, Pantheon. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Pantheon, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780307377944

Pantheon. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library c… More...

Pantheon. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Pantheon, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780307377944

Pantheon. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/sti… More...

Pantheon. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included., Pantheon, 1<

2011, ISBN: 9780307377944

Pantheon, 2011-02-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.3000 9.3000 6.3000., Pantheon, 2011-02-01, 3