Children Of The Great Depression

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.

Glen H Elder

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