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The super age : decoding our demographic destiny / Bradley Schurman.
Lippincott Library HB849.53 .S28 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schurman, Bradley, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population forecasting.
- Age-structured populations.
- Aging--Social aspects.
- Aging.
- Older people.
- Youth.
- elderly.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Decoding our demographic destiny
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- Summary:
- "A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Age-when there will be more people older than sixty-five than those younger than eighteen-and explores what it could mean for our collective future"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One A History of Age
- 1. Underfoot and Everywhere
- 2. How We Got Here
- 3. The Altar of Youth
- 4. Building on Longevity Gains
- pt. Two Demographic Dystopia
- 5. Perception Versus Reality
- 6. The Drag of Ageism
- 7. Canaries in the Coal Mine
- pt. Three A New Demographic Order
- 8. A Novel Reality Emerges
- 9. Make Age Work
- 10. Make Home and Community Gray Again
- 11. Eldernomics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Schurman, Bradley. Super age
- ISBN:
- 9780063048751
- 0063048752
- OCLC:
- 1266196159
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