CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. 1 THE PROBLEM OF GENERATIONS 6
5. 2 THE BIRTH OF THE BOOM 20
6. 3 BOOMER BALLAST IN AMERICAN POLITICS 36
7. 4 DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN POLITICS 48
8. 5 DREAMING OF A BOOMER CHRISTMAS 66
9. 6 WHERE DOES IDENTITY COME FROM? 79
10. 7 THE EMERGENCE OF COHORT CONSCIOUSNESS 95
11. 8 THE ISSUES Zero-Sum Competition 123
12. 9 TECHNOLOGY AND ALIENATION 144
13. CONCLUSION 163
14. NOTES 177
15. REFERENCES 187
16. INDEX 201