[PDF] The Baby Boomer Encyclopedia eBook

Author : Martin Gitlin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 19,61 MB
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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This encyclopedia defines and contextualizes the Baby Boomer generation and the wide-reaching contributions of its members throughout modern American history. Comprising some 80 million Americans born between 1946 and 1965, the Baby Boomers have significantly changed every aspect of American history and culture. The members of this generation experienced some of the most tumultuous times in American history; indeed, the Boomers helped create these pivotal eras. From the advent of rock and roll to disco and rap, from the sexual revolution to the arrival of AIDS, and from race riots to the election of a black president, Baby Boomers have seen it all. Through nearly 100 alphabetically arranged entries, this encyclopedia gives later generations insight into the contributions of the Baby Boomers, and it helps members of that generation better contextualize their own experiences. Included entries are written in a clear and engaging manner, covering politics and activism, entertainment, the economy, gender roles, arts, pop culture, sports, religion, drug and alcohol use, and many other subject areas.

Author : Brian Cogan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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The Boomers are the generation that changed everything, from economics to politics to popular culture. This book examines the myriad ways and long-reaching consequences of the now fully "grown up" Baby Boomer generation on America. Once upon a time, the members of the Baby Boomer generation were young, idealistic, and hungry to change the world. And they did create sweeping, irreversible changes throughout American society—but probably not in the ways their younger selves imagined they would. Now that the Boomers are in their late-adult or retirement years, their tremendous legacy can clearly be perceived. In retrospect, the paths the members of this generation took to come to power—and how they came to terms with that power—are also apparent. This single-volume work supplies a broad yet detailed critical guide to the Boomer Generation, containing essays on key people, moments, and phenomena not only during the Boomers' 1960s heyday but also their extensive influences on American culture decades afterward. The contributors address key topics such as the rise of feminism; Civil Rights; the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement; the Beatles, the Grateful Dead, and rock 'n roll; gay rights; idealism, narcissism, and materialism; the influence of television on America, and vice versa; and the transition of Boomers from being "Yippies" to "Yuppies." This work is an ideal text for students in undergraduate or graduate courses in television studies, media studies, cultural studies, and American studies; and is highly appropriate as a supplemental text in literature, history, and philosophy surveys.

Author : Landon Y. Jones
Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2008-04-02
Category : Baby boom generation
ISBN : 9781419693663

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This is the first and still-definitive account of the origins, impact, culture, and future of the baby-boom generation, the most influential in American history.

Author : Catherine Bonvalet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 16,90 MB
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 331908545X

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This book traces the history of the baby-boomers, beginning with an explanation of the cause of the post-war baby boom and ending with the contemporary concerns of ageing boomers. It shows how the baby-boomers challenged traditional family attitudes and adopted new lifestyles in the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on 90 interviews conducted with baby boomers living in London and Paris, the book demonstrates how their aspirations for leisure and consumption converged with family responsibilities and obligations. It shows how the baby boomers emerged from an authoritative upbringing to challenge some of the traditional assumptions of the family, such as marriage and cohabitation. The rise of feminism led by the baby-boomers is examined, together with its impact on family forms and structures. The book shows how women’s trajectories veered between the two extremes of family and employment, swerving between the models of stay-at-home mother and working woman. It demonstrates how new family configurations such as solo parenting, and recomposed families were adopted by the baby boomers. Today, as they enter into retirement, the baby-boomers remain closely involved in the lives of their children and parents, although relationships with elderly parents are maintained primarily through a sense of duty and obligation. The book concludes that the baby boomers have both been influenced by and actors to the changes and transformations that have occurred to family life. They reconciled and continue to reconcile, individualism with family obligations. As grandparents often with an ageing parent still alive, the baby boomers wish to keep the independence that has been the hallmark of their generation whilst not abandoning family life.

Author : Rick Bava
Publisher : Motivational Press LLC
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 22,72 MB
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781628652017

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"In Search of the Baby Boomer Generation," by Rick Bava, is an intriguing look at one of the most interesting generations in American history. Rick Bava traveled the country for two years seeking the thoughts, opinions, and ideas of Baby Boomers from all walks of life and socioeconomic classes to create this inspiring commentary about the Baby Boomer Generation. The author, himself a Baby Boomer, brings his own unique experience to the book, as well as capturing the stories and perspectives of the hundreds of Baby Boomers he interviewed. The book looks at where Baby Boomers have been, their rich history, and the cultural aspects so important to the Baby Boomer Generation. This book covers the topics of most importance to Baby Boomers today and the issues most on their minds as they look towards the future. Baby Boomers will identify with what they read in "In Search of the Baby Boomer Generation," and those wishing to study the generation will gain insight from this book.

Author : LAWRENCE R. SAMUEL
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 2022-08
Category : Baby boom generation
ISBN : 9781527584945

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The impact of the baby boomer generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) on the past three-quarters of a century cannot be underestimated; these 76 million Americans reshaped the social, economic, and political contours of the country and much of the world, and continue to do so. Despite their rise to power, however, the reputation of the generation has recently fallen precipitously. Many members of younger generations hold strong negative feelings toward boomers, convinced that the latter compromised the future of the former. Baby boomers are primarily responsible for most if not all the world's problems, this thinking goes; the generation's narcissism and consumptive ways have caused major, perhaps irreparable, damage to the nation and planet, both economically and environmentally. Most boomers, however, defend their history, considering such views. This work offers historians, practitioners, and general readers of non-fiction a fact-based, objective history of baby boomers to contextualize this generational divide which represents a key theme in contemporary American culture.

Author : Sana Loue
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 33,62 MB
Release : 2008-01-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0387337539

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Americans are living longer, and the elder population is growing larger. To meet the ongoing need for quality information on elder health, the Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health combines multiple perspectives to offer readers a more accurate and complete picture of the aging process. The book takes a biopsychosocial approach to the complexities of its subject. In-depth introductory chapters include coverage on a historical and demographic overview of aging in America, a guide to biological changes accompanying aging, an analysis of the diversity of the U.S. elder population, legal issues commonly affecting older adults, and the ethics of using cognitively impaired elders in research. From there, over 425 entries cover the gamut of topics, trends, diseases, and phenomena: -Specific populations, including ethnic minorities, custodial grandparents, and centenarians -Core medical conditions associated with aging, from cardiac and pulmonary diseases to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s -Mental and emotional disorders -Drugs/vitamins/alternative medicine -Disorders of the eyes, feet, and skin -Insomnia and sleep disorders; malnutrition and eating disorders -Sexual and gender-related concerns -And a broad array of social and political issues, including access to care, abuse/neglect, veterans’ affairs, and assisted suicide Entries on not-quite-elders’ concerns (e.g., midlife crisis, menopause) are featured as well. And all chapters and entries include references and resource lists. The Encyclopedia has been developed for maximum utility to clinicians, social workers, researchers, and public health professionals working with older adults. Its multidisciplinary coverage and scope of topics make this volume an invaluable reference for academic and public libraries.

Author : Paul Charles Light
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,22 MB
Release : 1990-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393306392

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Explores the political, economic, and social concerns of the baby-boom generation, arguing for increased interest and commitment in such areas in order to prevent the disintegration of the current way of life

Author : Leonard Steinhorn
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780312326418

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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.

Author : Lucas Turner
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 35,38 MB
Release : 2015-01-06
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ISBN : 9781505975475

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The phrase baby boom refers to a noticeable increase in the birth rate. The post-war population increase was first described as a "boom" by Sylvia F. Porter in a column in the May 4, 1951 edition of the New York Post, based on the 2,357,000 increase in the population of the U.S. in 1950.According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of "baby boomer" is from 1970 in an article inThe Washington Post.Various authors have delimited the baby boom period differently.Learn more about baby boom by reading this book.