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084430931                        

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Children of the great depression : social change in life experience / Glen H. Elder

Elder, Glen Holl, Jr., 1934- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

25th anniversary ed.

Boulder, Colo. [u.a.] : Westview Press, 1999

XXV, 444 S. : graph. Darst.

Englisch

Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1974. With new introd. - Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index

0-8133-3342-3

98027535

b98W3133

9780813333427

OCoLC: 246283811     

OCoLC: 39291223 (aus SWB)     

MS 2050  | MS 1235  | MG 70020  | CV 6000  | MR 6700      Ähnliche Literatur

HN80.O18

303.44/09794/6 ; 973.910922 ; 303.44097946

Basisklassifikation: 71.41 (Sozialer Wandel) ; 74.25 (Nordamerika) <Geographie> ; 71.21 (Familie; Verwandtschaft) <Soziologie> ; 71.12 (Soziale Stratifikation; soziale Mobilität)

*USA ; Weltwirtschaftskrise <1929-1932> ; Soziale Situation ; Depression      Zum Register

*Kalifornien ; Sozialisation      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Depressions -- 1929 -- United States ; Families -- California -- Oakland -- Longitudinal studies ; Students -- California -- Oakland -- Social conditions -- Longitudinal studies

Sozialer Wandel ; Lebensverlaufsforschung ; Einkommen ; Soziale Mobilität ; Sozialer Status ; Berufsverlauf ; Kohortenanalyse

First published in 1974, this study follows 167 individuals born in 1920-1921 from their school days in Oakland, California, to the 1960s. The author uses a combined historical, social and psychological approach to assess the influence of the economic crisis on the life course of his subjects. 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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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

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