Cover Image

Never say die the myth and marketing of the new old age

In a narrative that combines the intensely personal with social, economic, and historical analysis, Jacoby turns an unsparing eye on the marketers of longevity--pharmaceutical companies, lifestyle gurus, and scientific businessmen who suggest that there will soon be a "cure" for the "...

Full description

Main Author: Jacoby, Susan, 1945-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Hays, Sara Light tribute.
Old age > United States.
Aging > United States.
Older people > United States.
Summary: In a narrative that combines the intensely personal with social, economic, and historical analysis, Jacoby turns an unsparing eye on the marketers of longevity--pharmaceutical companies, lifestyle gurus, and scientific businessmen who suggest that there will soon be a "cure" for the "disease" of aging.
Physical Description: xiii, 332 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index.
ISBN: 9780307377944 (hbk.)
0307377946 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Susan Jacoby began her writing career as a reporter for The Washington Post. Her first book, Moscow Conversations, was based on the articles she contributed to the Post from Moscow between 1969 and 1971. Her other books include Wild Justice: The Evolution of Revenge, The Possible She, Half-Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, The Age of American Unreason, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought, and Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Similar Items