What is Ageism?

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*Please note that this is a preliminary list of books on ageism.

• Applewhite, A. (2016). This chair rocks: A manifesto against ageism. New York: Celadon Books.
  
• Ayalon, L. & Tesch-Roemer, C. (Eds.) (2018). Contemporary perspectives on ageism. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
  
• Barrow, G.M., & Smith, P.A. (1979). Aging, Ageism, and Society. West Publishing Company: St. Paul: Minnesota.
  
• Bytheway, B. (1994). Ageism. Buckingham. UK: Open University Press.
  
• Butler, Robert N. (1975). Why survive? Being old in American. Harper & Row.   
  
• Erber, J.T., & Szuchman, L.T. (2015). Great Myths of Aging. Wiley Blackwell.
  
• Falk, U. & Falk, G. (1997). Ageism, the aged, and aging in America: On being old in an alienated society. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
  
• Levin, J., & Levin, W.C. (1982). Ageism: Prejudice and Discrimination against the Elderly. Wadsworth Publishing Company: Belmont, California.
  
• Nelson, T. D. (Ed.) (2002). Ageism: Stereotyping and prejudice against older persons: Cambridge, MA, US: The MIT Press.
  
• Nelson, T. D. (Ed.) (2017). Ageism: Stereotyping and prejudice against older persons: Second Edition. Cambridge, MA, US: The MIT Press.
  
• Palmore, E. (1989). Ageism: Negative and positive. New York: Springer.  
  
• Palmore, E. (1999). Ageism: Negative and positive. Second edition. New York: Springer.  
  
• Palmore, E. B., Branch, L., & Harris, D. K. (Eds. 2005). Encyclopedia of ageism. Binghamton, NY, US: Haworth Pastoral Press.
  
• In 2019, there was a Special Section on Ageism (Section Editor, Sheri Levy). in Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging.
  
• Apriceno M., Levy S. (2019). Racism and Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_601-1.
  
• Apriceno M., Monahan C., Levy S. (2019). Antiaging Movement in the Mass Media. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_591-1.
  
• Apriceno M., Scott S. (2019). Ageism in the Family. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_588-1.
  
• Bayl-Smith P. (2019). Age Discrimination in the Workplace. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_582-1.
  
• Bergman Y.S. (2019). Children’s Attitudes Toward Aging and Older Adulthood. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_594-1.
  
• Chasteen A.L., Bergstrom V.N.Z., Schiralli J.E., Le Forestier J.M. (2019). Age Stereotypes. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_584-1.
  
• Cherry K.E., Erwin M.J. (2019). Self-Reported Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_602-1.
  
• Chonody J.M. (2019). Anxiety About Aging. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_592-1.

• Chrisler J.C. (2019). Sexism and Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_603-1.
  
• de São José J.M.S. (2019). Ageism in Healthcare. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_587-1.
  
• Gendron T. (2019). Career Choices and Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_593-1.
  
• Jönson H., Taghizadeh Larsson A. (2019). Ableism and Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_581-1.
  
• Lamont R.A., Swift H.J., Abrams D. (2019). Age-Based Stereotype Threat. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_585-1.
  
• Levy B.R. (2020). Stereotype Embodiment Theory. In: Gu D., Dupre M.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_604-1.
  
• Levy S.R., Apriceno M. (2019). Reducing Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_589-1.
  
• Levy S.R., Lytle A. (2019). Intergenerational Programs on Anti-Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_598-1.
  
• Levy S.R., Macdonald J.L. (2019). History of Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_597-1.
  
• Lytle A. (2019). Heterosexism and Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_596-1.
  
• Lytle A., Macdonald J. (2019). Leadership, Politics, and Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_600-1.
  
• North M.S. (2019). Intergenerational Resource Tensions. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_599-1.
  
• Ramírez L., Palacios-Espinosa X. (2019). Age Segregation. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_583-1.
  
• Richmond L., Scott S., Levy S.R. (2019). SuperAgers and Ageism. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_590-1.
  
• Swift H.J., Abrams D., Lamont R.A. (2019). Ageism Around the World. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_586-1.
  
• Zhang Z., Choi S. (2019). Older Adults Abuse and Neglect. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_595-1.