Children Of The Great Depression: 25th Anniversary Edition / Edition 25

by Glen H Elder

Overview

In this highly acclaimed work first published in 1974, Glen H. Elder Jr. presents the first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort. He follows 167 individuals born in 1920-1921 from their elementary school days in Oakland, California, through the 1960s. Using a combined historical, social, and psychological approach, Elder assesses the influence of the economic crisis on the life course of his subjects over two generations. The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this classic study includes a new chapter on the war years entitled, 'Beyond Children of the Great Depression.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813333427
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	09/11/1998
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	1450L (what's this?)

About the Author

Glen H. Elder Jr. is Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology and research professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he codirects the Carolina Consortium on Human Development and manages a research program on life course studies at the Carolina Population Center, the Center for Developmental Science, and the Institute of Aging. He has also served on the faculties of the University of California at Berkeley and Cornell University.

Table of Contents

Crisis And Adaptation: An Introduction * The Depression Experience * Adaptations to Economic Deprivation Coming Of Age In The Depression * Economic Deprivation and Family Status * Children in the Household Economy * Family Relations * Status Change and Personality The Adult Years * Earning a Living: Adult Lives of the Oakland Men * Leading a Contingent Life: Adult Lives of Oakland Women * Personality in Adult Experience The Depression Experience In Life Patterns * Children of the Great Depression * Beyond Children of the Great Depression