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The Greater Generation - by Leonard Steinhorn (Paperback)

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  • "Lenny Steinhorn presents compelling evidence that Boomers significantly shaped--and improved--their times.
  • About the Author: Leonard Steinhorn is a professor of communication at American University, where he teaches politics, media, and culture.
  • 336 Pages
  • History, Modern

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"Lenny Steinhorn presents compelling evidence that Boomers significantly shaped--and improved--their times. This is a counterintuitive examination of a generation that is far more complex and far more influential than is commonly believed."
--Frank Senso, former CNN Washington bureau chief

While the Greatest Generation deserves our praise for surviving the Depression and fighting in World War II, the Baby Boomers, this book argues, are in many ways as great a generation--if not greater--for how they have advanced equality and freedom at home. It's fashionable to mock Boomers as self-involved and materialistic. But what really is the true legacy of the Boomers?

To understand how 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 and viewed as a threat.

Today we live in a far more open, inclusive, tolerant, and equal America than at any other time in our history. And that's because Baby Boomers, from the Sixties onward, have fought a great cultural war to free America from its prejudices, inequalities, and fears. The Greater Generation tells the story of this generation's accomplishments--and finally gives Boomers their due.

"The Greater Generation reminds us that today's legacy of social justice, diversity, and individual freedom didn't just fall from the sky; it's a consequence of a hard-fought progressive struggle fought on the home front by a morally engaged American generation."
--Marty Kaplan, Air America radio host and director of the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern Califormnia Annenberg School for Communication



About the Author



Leonard Steinhorn is a professor of communication at American University, where he teaches politics, media, and culture. He is a former political speechwriter and is coauthor of By the Color of Our Skin, a critically acclaimed book on race relations.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.57 Inches (H) x 5.48 Inches (W) x .82 Inches (D)
Weight: .96 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Modern
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Theme: 20th Century
Format: Paperback
Author: Leonard Steinhorn
Language: English
Street Date: March 6, 2007
TCIN: 91092499
UPC: 9780312326418
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-5148
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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