Through a cultural record of the last forty-six years, the author illustrates how the 176 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 have influenced and transformed popular culture and made America a baby boomer-dominated society.
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With a baby boomer in the White House, a work like this may have been inevitable. Kleinfelder, a Canadian with a degree in library science, provides a picture of the years 1947-75 through news, arts, sciences, and popular culture. Each year has sections for ten categories, including News, Science and Technology, Fashion, Popular Music, Movies, and Sports. The sections include obituaries, inventions, award winners, sports scores, new words, and Time 's Man of the Year. Though not as extensive or inclusive as James Trager's The People's Chronology ( LJ 3/1/92), which goes back to three million B.C., When We Were Young aspires more to capturing the era from Elvis through the Kennedys to Watergate. In this it succeeds, and, at the least, has a great future as a birthday gift. This boomer recommends it for general reference collections.
- Bruce Rosenstein, "USA Today" Lib., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Bruce Rosenstein, "USA Today" Lib., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent history of 1947-1975!!,
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This review is from: When We Were Young: A Baby-Boomer Yearbook (Paperback)
This book is a great browser and fact finder for not only the big world and national events of 1947-1975, but also includes annual references to best selling recording, obituaries, radio and TV shows, sports events, inventions, and cultural crazes! Bring it to your next poolside outing, and you'll find folks of all ages will enjoy this amusing and interesting guide!
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Outstanding reference for those "wonder years.",
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This review is from: When We Were Young: A Baby-Boomer Yearbook (Paperback)
Every chapter is a different year starting from 1948 to 1975, inclusive. To quote Ed McMahon, "...everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask..." It is, by far, the most comprehensive text about the boomer years highlighting fashion, music, science, haute culture, fads, news highlight. In addition, it has one of the most comprehensive indeces of any reference book. A "must"!
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High School Reunion Resource,
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This review is from: When We Were Young: A Baby-Boomer Yearbook (Hardcover)
This yearbook is an excellent resource in planning a high school reunion and helping build a school alumni association.
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