Generation X grew up in the 1980s, when Alex P. Keaton was going to be a millionaire by the time he was thirty, greed was good, and social activism was deader than disco. Then globalization and the technological revolution came along, changing everything for a generation faced with bridging the analog and digital worlds. Living in a time of "creative destruction" - when an old economic order is upended by a new one - has deeply affected everyday life for this generation; from how they work, where they live, how they play, when they marry and have children to their attitudes about love, humor, happiness, and personal fulfillment. Through a sharp and entertaining mix of pop and alt-culture, personal narrative, and economic analysis, author Lisa Chamberlain shows how Generation X has survived and even thrived in the era of creative destruction, but will now be faced with solving economic and environmental problems on a global scale.
- ISBN10 0786718846
- ISBN13 9780786718849
- Publish Date 8 July 2008 (first published 25 January 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 27 September 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Avalon Publishing Group
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English