Balsamic Dreams : A Short but Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation

by Queenan, Joe

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Book desription: New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 2001. New York: Henry Holt, 2001. Very Good/Very Good,. First Edition.ISBN:0805067205.Lately it's become fashionable to vilify Baby Boomers as "the worst generation": the most selfish, the most avaricious, the most hypocritical--and the most obsessed with the provenance of their neighbors' porcini mushrooms. But is this characterization fair? Professional iconoclast and Baby Boomer Joe Queenan decided to find out. How did a generation that started out at Woodstock and Monterey end up at Crate & Barrel? How did a generation that promised to "teach the children well" end up with progeny so evil they could give the kid from The Omen a run for his money? How could one single generation eat that much squid-ink vermicelli? In this book, Joe Queenan explains, more in sorrow than in anger, precisely how a generation with so much promise lost its way. A hilarious work of incisive social commentary, it offers a measured, if cranky assessment of a generation whose greatest sin lies in confusing pop culture with culture and mistaking lifestyle with life.. ISBN: 0805067205. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BABY BOOM GENERATION POPULAR CULTURE UNITED STATES SOCIAL CONDITIONS 1945 SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY GENERAL.

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