Children of the Great Depression: Social Change in Life ExperienceThe author presents the first longitudinal study of a Depression cohort. He follows 167 individuals born in 1920-21 all the way from their elementary schools in Oakland, Californiam during the 1930s, through tre 1960s, The main life stages examined are preadolescence, the high school years, young adulthood, and early middle age. Using a combined historical, social, and psychological approach, Elder assesses the influence of drastic economic loss on the life course of his subjects and their family patterns over two generations. The cohort including children from working-class and from middle-class homes and from deprived and families who incurred in each class. |
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The Depression Experience | 3 |
Adaptations to Economic Deprivation | 25 |
Coming of Age in the Depression | 41 |
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