Children of the Great Depression: Study in Social Structure and Personality

Glen H. Elder

ISBN 10: 0226202631 / ISBN 13: 9780226202631

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1977

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Title: Children of the Great Depression: Study in ...

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

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."

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Overview of book
In this first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort, I follow 167 individuals born in 1920-21 from their elementary school days in Oakland, California, through the 1960s. Using a combined historical, social, and psychological approach, the study assesses the influence of the economic crisis on the life course of these Californians over two generations. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new chapter which explores how World War II and the Korean War changed the lives of these Depression youth and a younger birth cohort (1928-29). The chapter also reviews the project's contributions to theory and method in the study of lives.