Children of the great depression : social change in life experience PDF
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Westview Press A Member d the Parseus Books Group Children of the Great Depression of the Great Depression Social Change Glen H. Elder, Sr. in Life Experience All rights reserved, Printed in the United States of America, No pan of this publicatio~x~n ay be repduced or t-rzinsmittcdi n any form or by any means. cledronic or nlechanical, i~rctudingp ho- tocopy, recording, or any inkmation storage and retrieval sysfern, witho~lrp csmission in wrrlx~~g frurn the publisher. Copyright O 1994 by Wstview P~ssA, Mexnbcr of the Perseus Rooks Croup Published in 1949 in the United States of Amrica by Westview Press, 55011 Central Avenue, Boulder; Colorado 80301 -2877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview P~ss1,2 Hid's Copse Road, Gumnos Hilf, Oxford 0x2 9Jf Library of Congress Ca~aloging-in-PublicationD ata Elder, Glen H., Jr. f;hildren of the great depression: social change in lifc experience 1 by Clell H. Eider, Jr.-25th annivenq d. p. cm. Ori@n-lnallyp ublished: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1974 With new irttrod. 111cludesb ibliogmphical references (p. ) and index. ISKM 0-81 33-3342-3 I. Depressions-l 929-United States. 2, Family-California- Oaklad-Longitudinal studies. 3. Students4aiifomiaAakfand- Social mnditions-Lon@tudinnl studies. I. Titb. HN80.018W3 L 998 98-27535 GIP The paper used in this publication mets the rrequirements of the Amedcan National Standard hr Permanence of Paper for Print.& Library Malet=lals2 39.48- 3984. Contents List of Tables ix List of FQgures xiii Fareward by Urie Bronfenbrenner xv Fomwod by JahA~. Qausen xvii Acknowledgments xxiii 1 Crisis and Adaptation: An Introduction i 1 The Depression Experience 3 The Research EFrobletn and Approacfz 5 Socioeconomic Conditions i~ Oakland and the Nariarz 18 Researching rlze Past: A Cautionary Note 21 2 Adaptations to Economic Deprivation 25 Depr.ivatiotz and Aciaptutions in the finzr'ly 25 Status Change i~zP ersanalify and Achievement 3 X Adaptive Potertrial and Personality 34 fj Coming of Age in the Depression 41 3 Economic Deprivation and Family Status 43 Ecotlomic Depvivaiion and Parlreu's Worklife 43 Soeiai Factam i~tE conomic CIiarrge 47 Famijy Aclapfations in Ecanomic: Mairztenance 49 Some Eflecis of Status Loss otr Parents 53 Review 61 4 Children in the HouwhoId Economy fill Gltt'ldrel.z's Economic and Bonzestic Roles 65 Ci"riidrc~tr5T asks as a Develapmenfal Experience 7 1 5 FamiIy Relations 83 Ecottorrzic Deprit*ation arzd Marital Power 87 Parents us Significant Qthers 95 View of Family arzd Parents from Aclulthood 107 Economic Change in Family Experience: A Sunzmary View 113 6 Status Change and Personality 118 Children's lmage of Self and Others 1 18 Self-Orientations and Soci'inE Stratus 120 Social Status and Striving 134 Sochl Change and the Self: A Concludimg Nore 145 111 The Adult Years 149 7 Earning a Living: Adult Lives af the Oakland Men X53 Adult Stafus in the Life Course of the Oakland Coltort 155 YoeationaE Development in Worklife Experience 164 Oceupatic~nalA ttainment in he Life Goui;fe 173 Men's Valtles: A Leg~zcy of the Depression? 183 A Resume 200 8 Leading a Contingent Life: Adult Lives of the Oakland Women 202 Contiizgerzcies JIE a W~rnarz'sL ife 203 Evertfs and Palterrrs in the Life C~urse 286 Ecczrzornic Deprivati~ai n the Life Course 2 13 "A Womarr's Place Is in the HomrpV22 The Depvessr'o,~E xper iettcc irz Women" Rotes 238 9 Permnality in Adult Experience 240 Clrildizood Deprivaticzrr in Adult Health 240 Purrrtthuod as Probfem Situation u~rdG rowth Experience 25 2 Reviewitrg tlie fist 258 Pc~rspecliveso n Polities urzJ tlw Future 262 IV The Dspre?s;sionE xperience in Life Patterns 269 XO Children of the Great Depression 271 The Approaclt atld Orlrer Options 272 Depres,rhn Experiences r"n Pemonality and the Life Course 275 Centml Thenses front tlre Depression Expederzce 283 Contents V Beyond "Children sf the Great Deprassion'399 l l Beyond ""Childrrcn of the Great Depxes%ionw3 01 Early T;)Ein&~agn d Paradigmatic Principles 302 IThe Emer~nceo f Lye Course Theory 312 Trrming Lives Arogrid 320 Refieedo~ts 330 Epilogue 333 Motes 335 Reference$ 338 Appndix A Tables 345 Appendix B Sample Ckraeferistics, Data aaSources, and Methodological Iss~les 364 Appendix C Qn Comparisons rzftk Great Depressbn 344 Notes 381 Selmt& Biblioghy 421 Index 433 This page intentionally left blank Median FarniX y Income and Income Change (1929 to 1933) 45 Children with aonornic and Domestic Roles 66 MothersWeseription of Children" &cial Sensitivity (2936) 122 MothersWescription of Children's Emotionality (1936) 124 Adult Status of Oakfand Men X60 Socioeconomic Factors and Education in Adult Status Attainment 162 Activity Preferences ( 1964) of Oakland Men t 87 Most Valuable Aspcts of Marriage as; Rated by Men 194 Life Patterns of Women in Adulthood astd Marital Age 209 Career Patterns of Married Women (up to 3964) 234 Diagnostic Classification of Men and Women C 1954) 245 Ctinical Ratings of Men and Women on Psychotogieat Functioning 248 Age of Oakland and Berkdey Cohort Members by Historical, Events 3 16 Comparison of Selwtd Cities in the Depression on Indicators af konornic Change 345-346 Sources of Rnzily Supparl 346 Assistance ffom bbtic Agencies in Two %me Periods 34'7 Interviewer Mean Ratings of Mothers 3617
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