Gillon Steven M

Boomer nation : the largest and richest generation ever, and how it changed America / Steve Gillon. - New York : Free Press, c2004. - x, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-343) and index.

Introduction : the long boom -- Cast of characters -- pt. 1. The cult of youth : 1945-1978. The Boomer generation -- The Vietnam division -- Growing pains -- Finding God -- pt. 2. The great shift : 1978-1992. The prolonged adolescence of Donny Deutsch -- The way we wish we lived now -- The new power politics -- The "second stage" and other struggles for women -- The new fundamentalism -- Boomer culture -- pt. 3. Boomer nation : 1992-2002. Gaining control : at what cost? -- The new bosses -- New challenges, lost opportunities -- Epilogue : we are all Boomers now.

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Baby boom generation--United States
Baby boom generation--United States--Biography


United States--Social conditions--1945

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