Download or read book Crossing Frontiers written by W. Andrew Achenbaum and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study of the history of gerontology. It shows how old age became a 'problem' worth investigating and how a mulitidisciplinary orientation took shape.