Welcome to the Jungle
Subtitle: The Why Behind Generation X
By: Geoffrey T. Holtz.
Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995 06
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780312132101
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Generation X.; Young adults -- United States -- Social conditions.
Description: The population bomb/a white one for twenty-one days, a pink one for seven/pretty baby/it's a mad mad mad mad world/meet your new family/the warehouse generation/quality time/give a hoot dont pollute/birth of a disease/I was bad because you forgot to give me my pill/teach your chidlren wrong/the feel-good school/what a difference twenty years makes/fallout from the "Movement"/majoring in "Other"/Anxiety U./monkey on our backs/the incredible shrinking paycheck/rent forever/trickling down/inside joke/the free as parents?/mixin' it up/it's a jungle out there
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The free generation --; title: pt. 1. The generation that raised itself --; title: Reconsidering childhood --; title: Family deconstruction --; title: It's 3:00 p.m. Do you know where your parents are? --; title: The youthful face of poverty --; title: Peers over parents --; title: A growing pessimism --; title: New extremes of discipline --; title: Home away from home --; title: What a different twenty years makes --; title: pt. 2. The blackboard jungle --; title: Schools without walls --; title: College --; title: pt. 3. The impoverished generation --; title: Working more for less --; title: Low incomes and expensive homes --; title: pt. 4. The free generation today and tomorrow --; title: Free-style families --; title: A new political force --; title: Looking ahead.