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Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 E Pluribus Unum (1920-1939) -- 2 A Full Partner (1940-1959) -- 3 Everyone is Ethnic (1960-1979) -- 4 We the Peoples (1980-1999) -- 5 The Diversity Machine (2000-) -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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.

""Widely considered the most complex of human emotions, romantic love both shapes and reflects core societal values, its expression offering a window into the cultural zeitgeist. In popular culture, romantic love has long been a mainstay of film, television and music. The gap between fictitious narratives of love and real-life ones is, however, usually wide-American's expectations of romance and affection often transcend reality.Tracing the history of love in American culture, this book offers insight into both the national character and emotional nature."-Provided by publisher"--

Introduction -- Cultural trends -- Economic trends -- Political trends -- Social trends -- Scientific trends -- Technological trends

Preface -- Introduction -- Fountain of youth -- Old dog, new tricks -- Reboot -- Inner muse -- Bucket list -- Higher ground -- Boomerpods -- Gray power -- Pay it forward -- Footprints-in-the-sand -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index

The epic of America -- What I am fighting for -- People of plenty -- The making of a counter culture -- The poverty of affluence -- The world is flat

Aging is a preoccupation shared by beauty bloggers, serious journalists, scientists, doctors, celebrities—arguably all of adult America, given the pervasiveness of the crusade against it in popular culture and the media. We take our youth-oriented culture as a given but, as Lawrence R. Samuel argues, this was not always the case. Old age was revered in early America, in part because it was so rare. Indeed, it was not until the 1960s, according to Samuel, that the story of aging in America became the one we are most familiar with today: aging is a disease that science will one day cure, and in the meantime, signs of aging should be prevented, masked, and treated as a source of shame.By tracing the story of aging in the United States over the course of the last half century, Samuel vividly demonstrates the ways in which getting older tangibly contradicts the prevailing social values and attitudes of our youth-obsessed culture. As a result, tens of millions of adults approaching their sixties and seventies in this decade do not know how to age, as they were never prepared to do so.Despite recent trends that suggest a more positive outlook, getting old is still viewed in terms of physical and cognitive decline, resulting in discrimination in the workplace and marginalization in social life. Samuels concludes Aging in America by exhorting his fellow baby boomers to use their economic clout and sheer numbers to change the narrative of aging in America

The epic of America, 1920-1945 -- E pluribus unum, 1946-1964 -- E pluribus confusion, 1965-1979 -- The fall of the American Adam, 1980-1989 -- We the peoples, 1990-1999 -- The fray of history, 2000-

The middle class is often viewed as the heart of American society, the key to the country' s democracy and prosperity. Most Americans believe they belong to this group, and few politicians can hope to be elected without promising to serve the middle class. Yet today the American middle class is increasingly seen as under threat. In The American Middle Class: A Cultural History, Lawrence R. Samuel charts the rise and fall of this most definitive American population, from its triumphant emergence in the post-World War II years to the struggles....