Baby Boom: People and Perspectives (Perspectives in American Social History)

This engaging collection of essays explores the many ways Americans of every race, class, gender, and political leaning experienced the Baby Boom.

• Separate chapter of primary documents offering insight into the thoughts and experiences of everyday Americans, including excerpts from Dr. Benjamin Spock's The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, magazine advertisements, and major social movements of the 1960s

• A comprehensive chronology of events during the Baby Boom, tracing the generation from 1945 to the present

• Testimonies and oral histories from individuals of the Baby Boom generation