Main entry:

Fishman, Ted C., 1958- author.

Title & Author:

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.

Edition:

First Scribner paperback trade edition October 2012.

Publication:

New York : Scribner, [2012]

Description:

401 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-385) and index.
Introduction: 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 son -- Cheating death, one molecule at a time -- The 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.

Summary:

In "Shock of Gray," Ted Fishman explains the astouding economic and political changes we face as our world suddenly grows old.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781416551027 (hardcover)
1416551026 (hardcover)
(ebook)
9781439191132
1439191131
9781416551034 (paperback)
1416551034 (paperback)

Subject:

Population aging.
Population aging Economic aspects.
Vieillissement de la population.
Vieillissement de la population Aspect économique.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307215
Call No.: BIB 252703
Status: Available