Boomer nation : the largest and richest generation ever and how it changed America /

Boomer nation : the largest and richest generation ever and how it changed America /

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Author / Creator:Gillon, Steven M.
Imprint:New York : Free Press, c2004.
Description:x, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Baby boom generation -- United States.
Baby boom generation -- United States -- Biography.
Baby boom generation.
Social conditions
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
United States.
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5274441
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ISBN:0743229479
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-343) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Long Boom
  • Cast of Characters
  • Part I. The Cult of Youth: 1945-1978
  • 1. The Boomer Generation
  • 2. The Vietnam Division
  • 3. Growing Pains
  • 4. Finding God
  • Part II. The Great Shift: 1978-1992
  • 5. The Prolonged Adolescence of Donny Deutsch
  • 6. The Way We Wish We Lived Now
  • 7. The New Power Politics
  • 8. The "Second Stage" and Other Struggles for Women
  • 9. The New Fundamentalism
  • 10. Boomer Culture
  • Part III. Boomer Nation: 1992-2004
  • 11. Gaining Control: At What Cost?
  • 12. The New Bosses
  • 13. New Challenges; Lost Opportunities
  • Epilogue: We Are All Boomers Now
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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