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The Gifted Generation: When Government Was Good
By Goldfield, David
- ISBN
- 9781620400883 9781620400890
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Pr.
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Reviewed on November 1, 2017 | social sciences
The U.S. Census Bureau defines baby boomers as those born between 1946 and 1964. Goldfield (history, Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte; America Aflame) challenges this by offering a comprehensive account of the "gifted generation," those born from 1940 through 1952. The author presents a compelling case that these early boomers were beneficiaries of an expansive government and an era of optimism, presided over by Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Bipartisan c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
