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Title The death of the grown-up : how America's arrested development is bringing down Western civilization / Diana West.
Author West, Diana, 1961-
Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  305.24 WES    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 256 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-238) and index.
Contents Rise of the teen age -- The twist -- Clash -- Parents who need parents -- Sophisticated babies -- Boundaries -- Identity -- The real culture war -- Men, women... or children? or, The fate of the Western world -- Epilogue.
Subject Youthfulness -- Social aspects -- United States.
Adulthood -- United States.
Popular culture -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
United States -- Moral conditions.
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
ISBN 9780312340483 : $23.95
0312340486