It's fashionable to mock Boomers as self-involved and materialistic, but what really is their true legacy? To understand how the Boomers have changed America, think back to the 1950s, but without the nostalgia: women were kept at home, minorities were denied their dignity, homosexuality was a c...

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1. Verfasser:	Steinhorn, Leonard (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press c2007
Ausgabe:	1st St. Martin's Griffin ed
Schlagworte:	Baby boom generation / United States Social change / United States United States / Social conditions / 1960-1980 USA
Online-Zugang:	Contributor biographical information
Zusammenfassung:	It's fashionable to mock Boomers as self-involved and materialistic, but what really is their true legacy? To understand how the Boomers have changed America, think back to the 1950s, but without the nostalgia: women were kept at home, minorities were denied their dignity, homosexuality was a crime, and anyone who marched to a different drummer was labeled un-American. Today we live in a far more open, inclusive, tolerant, and equal America. That's because Baby Boomers fought a great cultural war to free America from its prejudices, inequalities, and fears. This book tells the story of their accomplishments.--From publisher description
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-302) and index The greater generation -- The new silent majority -- The revenge of the luddites -- The Baby Boom DNA -- Farewell, Donna Reed -- All-American diversity -- Do your own thing -- Meet the new boss -- The greening of American -- Power corrupts -- Take over the administration building -- Grass-roots nation
Beschreibung:	xvi, 318 p. 21 cm