Children of the great depression : social change in life experience

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.? Contents List of Tables List of Figures Foreward by Urie Bronfenbrenner Foreward by John A. Clausen Acknowledgments I: Crisis and Adaptation: An Introduction 1 The Depression Experience The Research Problem and Approach Socioeconomic Conditions in Oakland and the Nation Researching the Past: A Cautionary Note 2 Adaptations to Economic Deprivation Deprivation and Adaptations in the Family Status Change in Personality and Achievement Adaptive Potential and Personality II: Coming of Age in the Depression 3 Economic Deprivation and Family Status Economic Deprivation and Father's Worklife Social Factor in Economic Change Family Adaptations in Economic Maintenance Some Effects of Status Loss on Parents Review 4 Children in the HousehoId Economy Children's Economic and Domestic Roles Children's Tasks as a Developmental Experience The Downward Extension of Adultlike Experience 5 FamiIy Relations Economic Deprivation and Marital Power Parents as Significant Others View of Family and Parents from Adulthood Economic Change in Family Experience: A Summary View 6 Status Change and Personality Children's lmage of Self and Others Self-Orientations and Social Status Social Status and Striving Social Change and the Self: A Concluding Note III: The Adult Years 7 Earning a Living: Adult Lives af the Oakland Men Adult Status in the Life Course of the Oakland Cohort Vocational Development in Worklife Experience Occupational Attainment in the Life Course Men's Values: A Legacy of the Depression? A Resumé 8 Leading a Contingent Life: Adult Lives of the Oakland Women Contingencies in a Woman's Life Events and Patterns in the Life Course Economic Deprivation in the Life Course "A Woman's Place is in the Home" The Depression Experience in Women's Roles 9 Personality in Adult Experience Childhood Deprivation in Adult Health Parenthood as Problem Situation and Growth Experience Reviewing the Past Perspectives on Politics and the Future IV: The Depression Experience in Life Patterns 10 Children of the Great Depression The Approach and Other Options Depression Experiences in Pesonality and the Life Course Central Themes from the Depression Experience V: Beyond "Children of the Great Depression" 11 Beyond "Children of the Great Depression" Early Thinking and Paradigmatic Principles The Emergence of Life Course Theory Turning Lives Around Reflections Epilogue Notes Reference Appendix A: Tables Appendix B: Sample Characteristics, Data Source, and Methodological Issues Appendix C: On Comparisons of the Great Depression Notes Select Bibliograhy Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z "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. 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.