{"product_id":"the-greater-generation-leonard-steinhorn-9780312326418","title":"The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eLenny 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. \u003cbr\u003e--Frank Senso, former CNN Washington bureau chief \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Greater Generation\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this generation's accomplishments--and finally gives Boomers their due. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Greater Generation\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e--Marty Kaplan, Air America radio host and director of the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern Califormnia Annenberg School for Communication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard Steinhorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312326416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312326418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.57h x 5.48w x 0.82d","brand":"Leonard Steinhorn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761019384063,"sku":"9780312326418","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b12c62cb-5056-4c16-ac5b-f254a1f5c9e0.jpg?v=1706680143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-greater-generation-leonard-steinhorn-9780312326418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}