The Greater Generation
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The Greater Generation

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Description for THE GREATER GENERATION: IN DEFENSE OF THE BABY BOOM LEGACY by Leonard Steinhorn: The Greatest Generation gets credit for winning World War II and braving the Depression. But the Baby Boomers? All they get credit for is knowing how to order a tall skim double latte. What really is the true legacy of the Boomers? Summoning the amazing sea changes they've made in American culture, this controversial book recasts the much-maligned Boomers as a Greater Generation with a lasting legacy of tolerance and equality for all. FAREWELL, DONNA REED: "For women, the Baby Boom era has been one of breathtaking change--in a single generation American women have effected one of the greatest social metamorphoses in recorded history. What women are able to do today would have been unimaginable four or five decades ago, at best the stuff of utopian fantasy or science fiction." NOT ONLY WOMEN: "The egalitarian norms of the Baby Boom have deeply changed men and will continue to d

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