<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Gerontology]]> https://www.thebookco.com Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:43:33 +0000 <![CDATA[Ageing radically (The personal and political potential of refusing to go quietly)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/ageing-radically-9781807071059 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:00:42 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/ageing-radically-9781807071059 A radical take on ageing under capitalism.

Ageing is a modern problem. Advancements in public health and medical science have gifted us a whole new phase of life – but what should we do with it?

In Ageing radically, Steve Taylor offers a thought-provoking account of the politics o..

Price: $18.95

]]> A radical take on ageing under capitalism.

Ageing is a modern problem. Advancements in public health and medical science have gifted us a whole new phase of life – but what should we do with it?

In Ageing radically, Steve Taylor offers a thought-provoking account of the politics o..

Price: $18.95

]]> A radical take on ageing under capitalism.

Ageing is a modern problem. Advancements in public health and medical science have gifted us a whole new phase of life – but what should we do with it?

In Ageing radically, Steve Taylor offers a thought-provoking account of the politics o..]]> <![CDATA[Granny @ Work (Aging and New Technology on the Job in America)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/granny-work-9780415965835 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:17:55 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/granny-work-9780415965835 Granny @ Work (Aging and New Technology on the Job in America) by Karen E. Riggs, 9780415965835Granny @ Work is an impassioned comment on aging, work, and technology in American culture. As Riggs challenges popular assumptions with surprising research-for example, people over the age of 60 spend more time on the Internet than people of any other age group-and trenchant cultural cri..

Price: $46.95

]]> Granny @ Work (Aging and New Technology on the Job in America) by Karen E. Riggs, 9780415965835Granny @ Work is an impassioned comment on aging, work, and technology in American culture. As Riggs challenges popular assumptions with surprising research-for example, people over the age of 60 spend more time on the Internet than people of any other age group-and trenchant cultural cri..

Price: $46.95

]]> Granny @ Work is an impassioned comment on aging, work, and technology in American culture. As Riggs challenges popular assumptions with surprising research-for example, people over the age of 60 spend more time on the Internet than people of any other age group-and trenchant cultural cri..]]> <![CDATA[Aging Rebels (From Youthful Rebellion to Lifelong Resistance)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/aging-rebels-9781849355568 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:40:19 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/aging-rebels-9781849355568 A sociological exploration of how committed radicals age in social movements .

As time passes it's common for our peers to participate less in social movement activities. The radicals and anarchists who tend to show up at events, meetings, rallies, conferences, or protests remain r..

Price: $22.00

]]> A sociological exploration of how committed radicals age in social movements .

As time passes it's common for our peers to participate less in social movement activities. The radicals and anarchists who tend to show up at events, meetings, rallies, conferences, or protests remain r..

Price: $22.00

]]> A sociological exploration of how committed radicals age in social movements .

As time passes it's common for our peers to participate less in social movement activities. The radicals and anarchists who tend to show up at events, meetings, rallies, conferences, or protests remain r..]]> <![CDATA[Aging Out (An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/aging-out-9781250344540 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:57:09 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/aging-out-9781250344540 Part of the New York Times’ "Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer"
One of LA Times' "10 Books to Read in July"
An Amazon Editors’ "Best Nonfiction of July" pick

A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare ..

Price: $18.99

]]> Part of the New York Times’ "Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer"
One of LA Times' "10 Books to Read in July"
An Amazon Editors’ "Best Nonfiction of July" pick

A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare ..

Price: $18.99

]]> Part of the New York Times’ "Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer"
One of LA Times' "10 Books to Read in July"
An Amazon Editors’ "Best Nonfiction of July" pick

A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare ..]]> <![CDATA[Cultural Representations of Queer Aging in Spain]]> https://www.thebookco.com/cultural-representations-of-queer-aging-in-spain-9781032757315 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:25:09 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/cultural-representations-of-queer-aging-in-spain-9781032757315 Cultural Representations of Queer Aging in Spain by Heather Jerónimo, Raquel Medina, 9781032757315

This collection examines representations of Spanish queer aging through investigations of literary and cinematic representations of this demographic, offering a showcase for research on communities often made invisible due to age and sexual identity in Spanish culture with wider implications fo..

Price: $64.99

]]> Cultural Representations of Queer Aging in Spain by Heather Jerónimo, Raquel Medina, 9781032757315

This collection examines representations of Spanish queer aging through investigations of literary and cinematic representations of this demographic, offering a showcase for research on communities often made invisible due to age and sexual identity in Spanish culture with wider implications fo..

Price: $64.99

]]> This collection examines representations of Spanish queer aging through investigations of literary and cinematic representations of this demographic, offering a showcase for research on communities often made invisible due to age and sexual identity in Spanish culture with wider implications fo..]]> <![CDATA[The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults (Early Responses and Continuing Impacts)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/the-covid-19-pandemic-and-older-adults-9781041066576 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:24:22 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/the-covid-19-pandemic-and-older-adults-9781041066576 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults (Early Responses and Continuing Impacts) by Edward Alan Miller, 9781041066576

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a multi-faceted challenge to older adults and care institutions globally. Despite the policies aimed at protecting older adults from COVID-19, they bear the burden of risk. Some early efforts to protect them, often via extreme isolation measures yielded unanticipated..

Price: $64.99

]]> The COVID-19 Pandemic and Older Adults (Early Responses and Continuing Impacts) by Edward Alan Miller, 9781041066576

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a multi-faceted challenge to older adults and care institutions globally. Despite the policies aimed at protecting older adults from COVID-19, they bear the burden of risk. Some early efforts to protect them, often via extreme isolation measures yielded unanticipated..

Price: $64.99

]]> The COVID-19 pandemic posed a multi-faceted challenge to older adults and care institutions globally. Despite the policies aimed at protecting older adults from COVID-19, they bear the burden of risk. Some early efforts to protect them, often via extreme isolation measures yielded unanticipated..]]> <![CDATA[Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx (Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/anthropology-and-the-riddle-of-the-sphinx-9781041069034 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:14:05 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/anthropology-and-the-riddle-of-the-sphinx-9781041069034 Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx (Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course) by Paul Spencer, 9781041069034

First published in 1990, focusing on the enigma of the ageing process, this title considers the problems associated with the life course in a variety of cultures. By examining the cultural construction of ageing and extending to the life course as a whole, it opens up the debate on ageing and m..

Price: $42.99

]]> Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx (Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course) by Paul Spencer, 9781041069034

First published in 1990, focusing on the enigma of the ageing process, this title considers the problems associated with the life course in a variety of cultures. By examining the cultural construction of ageing and extending to the life course as a whole, it opens up the debate on ageing and m..

Price: $42.99

]]> First published in 1990, focusing on the enigma of the ageing process, this title considers the problems associated with the life course in a variety of cultures. By examining the cultural construction of ageing and extending to the life course as a whole, it opens up the debate on ageing and m..]]> <![CDATA[Aging in Society (Selected Reviews of Recent Research)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/aging-in-society-9781041064336 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:13:32 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/aging-in-society-9781041064336 Aging in Society (Selected Reviews of Recent Research) by Matilda White Riley, Beth B. Hess, Kathleen Bond, 9781041064336

First published in 1983, Aging in Society provided an overview of knowledge on various aspects of aging in the USA at the time. Topics covered include aging and the family, economic aspects of an aging population, recent trends in the geographical distribution of the elderly population a..

Price: $42.99

]]> Aging in Society (Selected Reviews of Recent Research) by Matilda White Riley, Beth B. Hess, Kathleen Bond, 9781041064336

First published in 1983, Aging in Society provided an overview of knowledge on various aspects of aging in the USA at the time. Topics covered include aging and the family, economic aspects of an aging population, recent trends in the geographical distribution of the elderly population a..

Price: $42.99

]]> First published in 1983, Aging in Society provided an overview of knowledge on various aspects of aging in the USA at the time. Topics covered include aging and the family, economic aspects of an aging population, recent trends in the geographical distribution of the elderly population a..]]> <![CDATA[Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? (A Ninety-Year-Old Tells Why Aging Is Positive)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/did-you-just-call-me-old-lady-9781552668979 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:59:59 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/did-you-just-call-me-old-lady-9781552668979 Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? (A Ninety-Year-Old Tells Why Aging Is Positive) by Lillian Zimmerman, Bonnie Sherr Klein, 9781552668979

Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? is an upbeat look at aging and the impacts of Canada’s increasingly aged population through the eyes of a ninety-year-old woman. Far from seeing older citizens as a burden and a strain on our public health care system, Lillian Zimmerman gracefully, and often humou..

Price: $20.00

]]> Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? (A Ninety-Year-Old Tells Why Aging Is Positive) by Lillian Zimmerman, Bonnie Sherr Klein, 9781552668979

Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? is an upbeat look at aging and the impacts of Canada’s increasingly aged population through the eyes of a ninety-year-old woman. Far from seeing older citizens as a burden and a strain on our public health care system, Lillian Zimmerman gracefully, and often humou..

Price: $20.00

]]> Did You Just Call Me Old Lady? is an upbeat look at aging and the impacts of Canada’s increasingly aged population through the eyes of a ninety-year-old woman. Far from seeing older citizens as a burden and a strain on our public health care system, Lillian Zimmerman gracefully, and often humou..]]> <![CDATA[From the Inside Looking Out (Competing Ideas about Growing Old)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/from-the-inside-looking-out-9781773630090 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:58:43 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/from-the-inside-looking-out-9781773630090 From the Inside Looking Out (Competing Ideas about Growing Old) by Jeanette A. Auger, Diane Tedford-Litle, 9781773630090

In From The Inside Looking Out, Auger, Tedford-Litle and Wallace-Allen seek to overcome the “us” and “them” dichotomy that characterizes much of the literature on aging. By asking older people to talk about their experiences and treating this information as valuable, the authors have presented ..

Price: $35.00

]]> From the Inside Looking Out (Competing Ideas about Growing Old) by Jeanette A. Auger, Diane Tedford-Litle, 9781773630090

In From The Inside Looking Out, Auger, Tedford-Litle and Wallace-Allen seek to overcome the “us” and “them” dichotomy that characterizes much of the literature on aging. By asking older people to talk about their experiences and treating this information as valuable, the authors have presented ..

Price: $35.00

]]> In From The Inside Looking Out, Auger, Tedford-Litle and Wallace-Allen seek to overcome the “us” and “them” dichotomy that characterizes much of the literature on aging. By asking older people to talk about their experiences and treating this information as valuable, the authors have presented ..]]>