TY - GEN AU - Gillon Steven M TI - Boomer nation: the largest and richest generation ever, and how it changed America SN - 0743229479 AV - HN59 U1 - 305.24/0973 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - Baby boom generation KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Social conditions KW - 1945 N1 - 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 ER -