Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Aging written by Meredith Minkler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1991 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together 20 critical essays on aging within the context of the broad social, political, and economic factors that help shape and determine the realities of growing old. This work explores the social creation of old age dependency and the profound influence of race, gender, and social class on what it means to grow old.