Ageing: A Very Short Introduction

by Nancy A. Pachana

Book Overview

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age. In our younger years upcoming birthdays are anticipated with an excitement that somewhat diminishes as the years progress. As we grow older we are bombarded with advice on ways to overcome, thwart, resist, and, on the rare occasion, embrace, one's ageing. Have all human beings from the various historical epochs and cultures viewed aging with this same ambivalence?

In this Very Short...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198725329
• ISBN13: 9780198725329
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.7"