Doug Owram is Deputy Vice Chancellor and Principal at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
'Doug Owram has done something amazing: he has written a book about
the boomers entirely free of the cliches that ruin almost
everything else written on the subject. ... Born at the Right Time
is packed with ideas; every generalization is backed by
evidence.'
*Saturday Night*
'Owram shows in fascinating detail the massive impact this group
had on everything from the baby food that was created to feed them,
to the suburbs that were built to house them and the school system
that sprung up to educate them.'The Toronto Star
*The Toronto Star*
'[Owram provides] some valuable insights into how this most
privileged generation of the century got here and why we
rebelled.'
*The Globe and Mail*
'A thorough and absorbing work which demonstrates how the
baby-boomers, that demographic watermelon passing through the
post-war snake, defined our times.'
*The Vancouver Sun*
'It is an extremely well-researched book, full of data tables and
bar graphs. If you need to know how many copies of Elvis Presley's
Hound Dog were sold in 1956, or the amount of sugar in Sugar
Smacks, this is your book. Apart from his thoroughness, Owram
possesses two indispensable qualities: a sense of proportion and a
sense of humor.'
*The Montreal Gazette*
'This first-rate scholarly product has the best elements of
monograph, synthesis, and a good read. Historians of postwar North
America should consider this book both for its innovative thesis
linking the 1950s and the 1960s, and because it is a fine example
of a well-constructed history.'
*Journal of Social History*
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