In our prime : the invention of middle age / Patricia Cohen.
In our prime : the invention of middle age / Patricia Cohen.
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N305.244/27
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1: The invention of Middle Age -- The prime meridian -- Now and then -- The tick of the time clock -- The renaissance of the middle-aged -- The middle-aged body -- Middle age enters the modern age -- 2: Middle age is rediscovered -- The sixties and seventies: the era of middle age -- Puttin...
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2012.
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
From the author, a New York Times reporter whose beat is culture and ideas, comes a social history of the concept of middle age. For the first time ever, the middle-aged make up the biggest, richest, and most influential segment of the country, yet the history of middle age has remained largely untold. In this book is a biography of the idea of mid...
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In our prime : the invention of middle age / Patricia Cohen.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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N305.244/27
Record Identifier
74VvLEWZwjZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvLEWZwjZg
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ISBN
1416579850 (ebook)
9781416572893 (hbk.)
1416572899 (hbk.)
9781416572909 (trade paper)
1416572902 (trade paper)
9781416579854 (ebook)
DDC
305.244
MMS ID
991010722309702626
