236 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2010, this book explores the legacy of the baby boomers: the generation who, born in the aftermath of the Second World War, came of age in the radical sixties where for the first time since the War, there was freedom, money, and safe sex.
In this book, Francis Beckett argues that what began as the most radical-sounding generation for half a century turned into a random... Read more
Author’s note and acknowledgements; Introduction 1. How the baby boomers got their freedom: 1945-51 2. When we were very young: 1950-1956 3. The cradle of the sixties: 1956 4. The baby boomers go to school 5. What if Mr Macmillan’s out? 1957-63 6. The very model of a modern fluent technocrat: 1964-67 7. The end of the adventure: 1968 8. How the baby boomers destroyed the trade unions and made Thatcherism: 1969-79 9. The radical conservatives: 1979-97 10. The baby boomer Prime Ministers: 1994-2010 11. The children of the baby boomers; Notes; Index
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Beckett, Francis
