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Podcast: New Books in American Studies
Episode: Deborah Carr, "Aging in America" (U California Press, 2023)
Description: The aging of America will reshape how we live and will transform nearly every aspect of contemporary society. Renowned life course sociologist Deborah Carr provides a lively, nuanced, and timely portrait of aging in the United States. The US population is older than ever before, raising new challenges for families, caregivers, health care systems, and social programs like Social Security and Medicare.Organized in seven chapters, Aging in America (U California Press, 2023) covers these topics:
the history of aging and the development of theoretical approaches
how cultural changes shape our views on aging
the demographic characteristics of...