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Download or read book Children Of The Great Depression written by Glen H Elder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.?