{"product_id":"2940170750986","title":"In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age","description":"From the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ereporter whose beat is culture and ideas \u003cbr\u003ecomes a fascinating, revelatory, and timely social history of the \u003cbr\u003econcept of middle age. For the first time ever, the middle-aged make up \u003cbr\u003ethe biggest, richest, and most influential segment of the country, yet \u003cbr\u003ethe history of middle age has remained largely untold. This important \u003cbr\u003eand immensely readable book finally fills the gap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Our Prime \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003cbr\u003e a biography of the idea of middle age from its invention in the late \u003cbr\u003enineteenth century to its current place at the center of American \u003cbr\u003esociety, where it shapes the way we view our families, our professional \u003cbr\u003eobligations, and our inner lives. Patricia Cohen ranges over the entire \u003cbr\u003elandscape of midlife, exploring how its biological, psychological, and \u003cbr\u003esocial definitions have shifted from one generation to the next. Middle \u003cbr\u003eage has been a symbol both of decline and of power and wealth. \u003cbr\u003eExplaining why, Cohen takes readers from early-twentieth-century \u003cbr\u003efactories that refused to hire middle-aged men to twenty-first-century \u003cbr\u003ehigh-tech laboratories where researchers are currently conducting \u003cbr\u003ecutting-edge experiments on the middle-aged brain and body.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098540949744,"sku":"2940170750986","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170750986_p0.jpg?v=1763716627","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170750986","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}