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Boomer nation : the largest and richest generation ever, and how it changed America / Steve Gillon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillon, Steven M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baby boom generation--United States.
- Baby boom generation.
- United States.
- Baby boom generation--United States--Biography.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- A single generation's massive influence on our history and culture is captured in this prismatic look at the lives of six Baby Boomers.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Long Boom 1
- Cast of Characters 17
- Part I The Cult of Youth: 1945-1978
- 1 The Boomer Generation 23
- 2 The Vietnam Division 44
- 3 Growing Pains 73
- 4 Finding God 97
- Part II The Great Shift: 1978-1992
- 5 The Prolonged Adolescence of Donny Deutsch 122
- 6 The Way We Wish We Lived Now 140
- 7 The New Power Politics 164
- 8 The "Second Stage" and Other Struggles for Women 191
- 9 The New Fundamentalism 212
- 10 Boomer Culture 230
- Part III Boomer Nation: 1992-2004
- 11 Gaining Control: At What Cost? 248
- 12 The New Bosses 267
- 13 New Challenges; Lost Opportunities 287
- Epilogue: We Are All Boomers Now 311.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-343) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743229479
- OCLC:
- 54046735
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