{"id":297,"date":"2020-10-04T09:55:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T16:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/classroomartwork\/?p=297"},"modified":"2022-09-13T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:42:06","slug":"born-owram-art110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/classroomartwork\/born-owram-art110\/","title":{"rendered":"Born-Owram-ART110"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Born at the Right Time
\n<\/em><\/strong>A History of the Baby Boom Generation<\/em><\/p>\n

(The University of Toronto Press, 1997)
\nART 110<\/p>\n

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It is rare in history for people to link their identity with their generation, and even rarer when children and adolescents actually shape society and influence politics. Both phenomena aptly describe the generation born in the decade following the Second World War. These were the baby boomers, viewed by some as the spoiled, selfish generation that had it all, and by others as a shock wave that made love and peace into tangible ideals. In this book, Doug Owram brings us the untold story of this famous generation as it played out its first twenty-five years in Canadian society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Beginning with Dr Spock’s dictate that this particular crop of babies must be treated gently, Owram explores the myth and history surrounding this group, from its beginning at war’s end to the close of the 1960s. The baby boomers wielded extraordinary power right from birth, Owram points out, and laid their claim on history while still in diapers. He sees the generation’s power and sense of self stemming from three factors: its size, its affluent circumstance, and its connection with the 1960s \u2013\u00a0the fabulous decade of free love, flower power, women’s liberation, drugs, protest marches, and rock ‘n’ roll. From Davy Crockett hats and Barbie dolls to the civil-rights movement and the sexual revolution, the concerns of this single generation became predominant themes for all of society. Thus, Owram’s history of the baby-boomers is in many ways a history of the era.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Doug Owram has written extensively on cultural icons, Utopian hopes, and the gap between realities and images \u2013\u00a0all powerful themes in the story of this idealistic generation. A well-researched, lucid, and humorous book,\u00a0<\/span>Born at the Right Time<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>is the first Canadian history of the baby-boomers and the society they helped to shape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

(Description Source: The University of Toronto Press<\/a>)
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\nAuthor<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Doug Owram <\/strong>is a professor Emeritus of History at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UBCO from 2006 to 2012. During his term, he oversaw the expansion of enrollment from 3,200 to 8,000 full-time students and a $400 million construction program. He was formerly Vice President (Academic) and Provost at the University of Alberta. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1990.<\/p>\n


\nUBC Library Holdings<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y6g34d2s<\/a><\/p>\n


\nHow to Purchase this Book<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

From the Publisher – The University of Toronto Press<\/a><\/span>
\nFrom Used-book Sellers – ABE<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, Antiqbook<\/a>, Biblio<\/a>, Vialibri<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Paper ISBN: 9780802080868<\/span>
\neBook ISBN: 9781442659018
\nPDF ISBN: 9781442657106<\/span><\/p>\n


\nUBC Okanagan Classroom Artwork Project <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The University of British Columbia Okanagan Classroom Artwork Project<\/em> aims to display academically inspiring artwork in classrooms and other teaching areas of the university.<\/span><\/p>\n

Artwork displayed as part of this project \u2013 including the covers of books and journals containing work written or edited by UBCO scholars and researchers \u2013 is intended to help enliven university teaching spaces, educate classroom users about the connections between research and teaching, and introduce members of the broader public to some of the research and scholarship carried out at UBCO.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nHow to Submit Artwork <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

If you know of other book or journal covers, or other academically inspiring artwork that is connected to work carried out by UBCO artists, scholars or researchers and that is consistent with UBCO\u2019s educational mission, please email your suggestions to classroom.artwork@ubc.ca<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UBC Okanagan Classroom Artwork Project<\/em> began in 2019 with support from the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences. It is now a joint project of UBCO’s Faculties and the Office of the Provost.<\/span><\/p>\n

Artwork and other images that are a part of this project are displayed solely for educational purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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