The Resource Great expectations : America and the baby boom generation, Landon Y. Jones
Great expectations : America and the baby boom generation, Landon Y. Jones
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- Summary
- From the Blurb: Great Expectations is the story of 75 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964, a baby boom so extraordinary that it has affected every aspect of our society, from fads, fashions and music, to education, crime rates and Social Security. From the first, the post-World War II baby boomers were endowed with great expectations: they would be the biggest, richest, best educated generation America has ever known. They made the '50s a child-oriented society, the '60s a period of stormy adolescence, and now their adult concerns have become national obsessions. Their shared experience has shaped them like no other generation. They have transformed the way America looks at work, women, divorce, and parenting (nearly one-half of their children are expected to grow up in single-parent households). But today they are a generation of uncertainty, unsure about their role in society and marriage, unsure even about reproducing themselves. Great Expectations is the story of a generation whose numbers are at once its greatest strength and its tragic limitation, and of a society unprepared to meet the demands of the explosion in its midst
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 380 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Introduction: Pig and the python
- Part 1: Army Of Babies
- 1: Birth of the boom
- 2: Procreation ethic
- 3: Big barbecue
- 4: From Spock to Sputnik
- 5: Tyranny of teen
- Part 2: Invasion Of The Barbarians
- 6: Archipelago of youth
- 7: Vietnam generation
- 8: Road to Woodstock
- 9: Children of the media
- 10: Mystery of the disappearing scores
- 11: Crime boom
- 12: Why Johnny can't earn
- Part 3: Baby Boom In Midlife
- 13: Rosie's daughters
- 14: Marriage squeeze
- 15: Baby bust
- 16: Baby boom as parents
- 17: New consumer
- 18: Housing bubble
- 19: Nostalgic style
- 20: Crisis of the baby boom
- 21: Turning thirty
- Part 4: Baby Boom In The Future
- 22: Emerging superclass
- 23: Baby boom and catch-35
- 24: Shrinking pains
- 25: Fortieth winter
- 26: Conclusion: Legacy of the baby boom
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on sources
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780698110496
- Label
- Great expectations : America and the baby boom generation
- Title
- Great expectations
- Title remainder
- America and the baby boom generation
- Statement of responsibility
- Landon Y. Jones
- Subject
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- Fertility, Human -- United States
- Fécondité humaine -- États-Unis
- Génération du baby-boom -- États-Unis
- Jeunesse -- États-Unis
- Leeftijdsgroepen
- Sociaal-economische verandering
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
- United States -- Population
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- Vruchtbaarheid
- Youth -- United States
- Baby boom generation -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the Blurb: Great Expectations is the story of 75 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964, a baby boom so extraordinary that it has affected every aspect of our society, from fads, fashions and music, to education, crime rates and Social Security. From the first, the post-World War II baby boomers were endowed with great expectations: they would be the biggest, richest, best educated generation America has ever known. They made the '50s a child-oriented society, the '60s a period of stormy adolescence, and now their adult concerns have become national obsessions. Their shared experience has shaped them like no other generation. They have transformed the way America looks at work, women, divorce, and parenting (nearly one-half of their children are expected to grow up in single-parent households). But today they are a generation of uncertainty, unsure about their role in society and marriage, unsure even about reproducing themselves. Great Expectations is the story of a generation whose numbers are at once its greatest strength and its tragic limitation, and of a society unprepared to meet the demands of the explosion in its midst
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Landon Y.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HN58
- LC item number
- .J66 1980
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Youth
- Fertility, Human
- Baby boom generation
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Leeftijdsgroepen
- Vruchtbaarheid
- Sociaal-economische verandering
- Jeunesse
- Fécondité humaine
- Génération du baby-boom
- Label
- Great expectations : America and the baby boom generation, Landon Y. Jones
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pages 352-365
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Pig and the python -- Part 1: Army Of Babies -- 1: Birth of the boom -- 2: Procreation ethic -- 3: Big barbecue -- 4: From Spock to Sputnik -- 5: Tyranny of teen -- Part 2: Invasion Of The Barbarians -- 6: Archipelago of youth -- 7: Vietnam generation -- 8: Road to Woodstock -- 9: Children of the media -- 10: Mystery of the disappearing scores -- 11: Crime boom -- 12: Why Johnny can't earn -- Part 3: Baby Boom In Midlife -- 13: Rosie's daughters -- 14: Marriage squeeze -- 15: Baby bust -- 16: Baby boom as parents -- 17: New consumer -- 18: Housing bubble -- 19: Nostalgic style -- 20: Crisis of the baby boom -- 21: Turning thirty -- Part 4: Baby Boom In The Future -- 22: Emerging superclass -- 23: Baby boom and catch-35 -- 24: Shrinking pains -- 25: Fortieth winter -- 26: Conclusion: Legacy of the baby boom -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 6251792
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 380 pages
- Isbn
- 9780698110496
- Lccn
- 80014769
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)45431
- Label
- Great expectations : America and the baby boom generation, Landon Y. Jones
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pages 352-365
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Pig and the python -- Part 1: Army Of Babies -- 1: Birth of the boom -- 2: Procreation ethic -- 3: Big barbecue -- 4: From Spock to Sputnik -- 5: Tyranny of teen -- Part 2: Invasion Of The Barbarians -- 6: Archipelago of youth -- 7: Vietnam generation -- 8: Road to Woodstock -- 9: Children of the media -- 10: Mystery of the disappearing scores -- 11: Crime boom -- 12: Why Johnny can't earn -- Part 3: Baby Boom In Midlife -- 13: Rosie's daughters -- 14: Marriage squeeze -- 15: Baby bust -- 16: Baby boom as parents -- 17: New consumer -- 18: Housing bubble -- 19: Nostalgic style -- 20: Crisis of the baby boom -- 21: Turning thirty -- Part 4: Baby Boom In The Future -- 22: Emerging superclass -- 23: Baby boom and catch-35 -- 24: Shrinking pains -- 25: Fortieth winter -- 26: Conclusion: Legacy of the baby boom -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 6251792
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 380 pages
- Isbn
- 9780698110496
- Lccn
- 80014769
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (WaOLN)45431
Subject
- Fertility, Human -- United States
- Fécondité humaine -- États-Unis
- Génération du baby-boom -- États-Unis
- Jeunesse -- États-Unis
- Leeftijdsgroepen
- Sociaal-economische verandering
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
- United States -- Population
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- Vruchtbaarheid
- Youth -- United States
- Baby boom generation -- United States
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