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100 1 $aGillon, Steven M.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85299826
245 10 $aBoomer nation :$bthe largest and richest generation ever and how it changed America /$cSteve Gillon.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $ax, 367 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319]-343) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : the long boom -- $gPt. I.$tThe cult of youth : 1945-1978 -- $g1.$tThe boomer generation -- $g2.$tThe Vietnam division -- $g3.$tGrowing pains -- $g4.$tFinding God -- $gPt. II.$tThe great shift : 1978-1992 -- $g5.$tThe prolonged adolescence of Donny Deutsch -- $g6.$tThe way we wish we lived now -- $g7.$tThe new power politics -- $g8.$tThe "second stage" and other struggle for women -- $g9.$tThe new fundamentalism -- $g10.$tBoomer culture -- $gPt. III.$tBoomer nation : 1992-2004 -- $g11.$tGaining control : at what cost? -- $g12.$tThe new bosses -- $g13.$tNew challenges; lost opportunities -- $tEpilogue : we are all boomers now.
520 1 $a"Boomer Nation will for the first time offer an incisive look into this generation that has redefined America's culture in so many ways, from women's rights and civil rights to religion and politics. Steve Gillon combines firsthand reporting of the lives of six Boomers and their families with a broad look at postwar American history in a fascinating mix of biography and history. His characters, like America itself, reflect a variety of heritages : rich and poor, black and white, immigrant and native born. Their lives take very different paths, yet are shaped by key events and trends in similar ways. They put a human face on the Boomer generation, showing what it means to grow up amid widespread prosperity, with an explosion of democratic autonomy that led to great upheavals but also a renewal from below of our churches, industries, and even the armed forces." "When the "greatest generation" was young and not yet at war, it was widely derided as selfish and spoiled. Only in hindsight, long after the sacrifices of World War II, did it gain its sterling reputation. Today, as Boomer America rises to the challenges of the war on terror, we may be on the cusp of reevaluation of the generation of Presidents Bush and Clinton. That generation has helped make America the richest, strongest nation on the planet, and as Gillon's book proves, it has had more influence on the rest of us than any other group."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aBaby boom generation$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101772
650 0 $aBaby boom generation$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140518
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon053/2004040350.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon051/2004040350.html
852 00 $bleh$hHN59$i.G55 2004