Children of the great depression
Subtitle: social change in life experience
By: Glen H. Elder, Jr.
Edition: 25th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Depressions -- 1929 -- United States; Family -- California -- Oakland -- Longitudinal studies; Students -- California -- Oakland -- Social conditions -- Longitudinal studies
Description: "In this 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 these Californians over two generations.

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this classic study includes a new chapter by the author which explores how World War II and the Korean War changed the lives of these Depression youth and a younger birth cohort (1928-29)."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-432) and index.