{"product_id":"the-greater-generation-in-defense-of-the-baby-boom-legacy","title":"The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 theyve 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 do so for generations to come.\"  Diversity as a Moral Value: For too long  America denied blacks  gays  and other minorities their dignity and rights  but in the Boomer era we have enlarged the melting pot to include those once scorned and excluded. Boomers have led a culture war \"to upend the rigid social structure of the Fifties and challenge centuries of entrenched norms and attitudes about race  ethnicity  religion  and sexuality.\"  The Greening of America: Under Boomers  environmental protection has become a powerful new norm in American society. No longer do we tolerate toxic run-offs and progress at any cost.  A Freer  More Open Society: Personal freedom  tolerance  openness  transparency  and equality--these are the values of the Baby Boom era  and we live them daily at home  work  school  and in our many relationships. The old ways--the prejudice  narrowmindedness  restrictive sex roles  smoke-filled rooms  double standards  rigid hierarchies--are going  going  gone thanks to Baby Boomers.  The media have it wrong: You dont need to fight a war to be a great generation. America today is far more open  inclusive  and equal than at any time in our history  and Boomers are the foot soldiers who made it happen. The Greater Generation tells their remarkable story.  \"The Greater Generation is a timely  passionate defense of the Baby Boom generation. . . . Leonard Steinhorn reminds us of the essential liberal spirit that defined the Boomers and how they changed our country for the better. In doing so  he illuminates the critical issues that continue to challenge them and their children.\"  --Joe Conason  bestselling author of Big Lies and The Hunting of the President \"The Baby Boom generation changed the heart and soul of America. Leonard Steinhorns The Greater Generation shows us how much better off we all are as a result.\"  --Richard Florida  author of The Rise of the Creative Class  \"Steinhorn has written a smart and inspirational book that will be a boost to all Boomers  and will show their children why Mom and Dad know best.\"  --Iris Krasnow  author of Surrendering to Marriage  \"In contrast to their parents idealized standing as the greatest generation  Boomers have been gamely diminished as the worst generation. And this book shouts ENOUGH!\"  --Brent Green  author of Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983716806709,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312326408","price":26.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312326401.jpg?v=1770807220","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-greater-generation-in-defense-of-the-baby-boom-legacy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}