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Author:

Gibney, Bruce, author.

Title:

A generation of sociopaths : how the baby boomers betrayed America / Bruce Cannon Gibney.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Hachette Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxxiii, 430 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Baby boom generation--United States.
Baby boom generation--United States--Attitudes.
United States--History--History--20th century.
United States--Economic conditions--1945-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The view from 1946 -- Bringing up boomer -- Vietnam and the emerging boomer identity -- Empire of self -- Science and sentimentality -- Disco and roots of neoliberalism -- The boomer ascendancy -- Taxes -- Debt and deficits -- Indefinitely deferred maintenance -- Boomer finance: the vicious cycle of risk and deceit -- The brief triumph of long retirement -- Preparing for the future -- Detention, after-school and otherwise -- The wages of sin -- The myth of boomer goodness -- Price tags and prescriptions -- Afterword.

ISBN:

0316395781 (hardcover)
9780316395786 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016046022

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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