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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.?
History carves its imprint on human lives for generations after.
When we think of the radical changes that transformed America
during the twentieth century, our minds most often snap to the
fifties and sixties: the Civil Rights Movement, changing gender
roles, and new economic opportunities all point to a decisive
turning point. But these were not the only changes that shaped our
world, and in Living on the Edge, we learn that rapid social change
and uncertainty also defined the lives of Americans born at the
turn of the twentieth century. The changes they cultivated and
witnessed affect our world as we understand it today. Drawing from
the iconic longitudinal Berkeley Guidance Study, Living on the Edge
reveals the hopes, struggles, and daily lives of the 1900
generation. Most surprising is how relevant and relatable the lives
and experiences of this generation are today, despite the gap of a
century. From the reorganization of marriage and family roles and
relationships to strategies for adapting to a dramatically changing
economy, the challenges faced by this earlier generation echo our
own time. Living on the Edge offers an intimate glimpse into not
just the history of our country, but the feelings, dreams, and
fears of a generation remarkably kindred to the present day.
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."
History carves its imprint on human lives for generations after.
When we think of the radical changes that transformed America
during the twentieth century, our minds most often snap to the
fifties and sixties: the Civil Rights Movement, changing gender
roles, and new economic opportunities all point to a decisive
turning point. But these were not the only changes that shaped our
world, and in Living on the Edge, we learn that rapid social change
and uncertainty also defined the lives of Americans born at the
turn of the twentieth century. The changes they cultivated and
witnessed affect our world as we understand it today. Drawing from
the iconic longitudinal Berkeley Guidance Study, Living on the Edge
reveals the hopes, struggles, and daily lives of the 1900
generation. Most surprising is how relevant and relatable the lives
and experiences of this generation are today, despite the gap of a
century. From the reorganization of marriage and family roles and
relationships to strategies for adapting to a dramatically changing
economy, the challenges faced by this earlier generation echo our
own time. Living on the Edge offers an intimate glimpse into not
just the history of our country, but the feelings, dreams, and
fears of a generation remarkably kindred to the present day.
A century ago, most Americans had ties to the land. Now only one in
fifty is engaged in farming and little more than a fourth live in
rural communities. Though not new, this exodus from the land
represents one of the great social movements of our age and is also
symptomatic of an unparalleled transformation of our society.
In "Children of the Land," the authors ask whether traditional
observations about farm families--strong intergenerational ties,
productive roles for youth in work and social leadership, dedicated
parents and a network of positive engagement in church, school, and
community life--apply to three hundred Iowa children who have grown
up with some tie to the land. The answer, as this study shows, is a
resounding yes. In spite of the hardships they faced during the
agricultural crisis of the 1980s, these children, whose lives we
follow from the seventh grade to after high school graduation,
proved to be remarkably successful, both academically and socially.
A moving testament to the distinctly positive lifestyle of Iowa
families with connections to the land, this uplifting book also
suggests important routes to success for youths in other high risk
settings.
Children live in rapidly changing times that require them to
constantly adapt to new economic, social, and cultural conditions.
In this book, a distinguished, interdisciplinary group of scholars
explores the issues faced by children in contemporary societies,
such as discrimination in school and neighborhoods, the emergence
of new family forms, the availability of new communication
technologies, and economic hardship, as well as the stresses
associated with immigration, war, and famine. The book applies a
historical, cultural, and life-course developmental framework for
understanding the factors that affect how children adjust to these
challenges, and offers a new perspective on how changing historical
circumstances alter children's developmental outcomes. It is ideal
for researchers and graduate students in developmental and
educational psychology or the sociology and anthropology of
childhood.
What are the most effective methods for doing life course research? The field?s founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results.
What are the most effective methods for doing life course research? The field?s founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results.
Developmental Science provides an account of the basic principles
of the new developmental synthesis. A group of eminent scientists
from sociology, psychiatry, psychology, public health, social
ecology, and psychobiology believe that a fresh, interdisciplinary
orientation is required to achieve progress on critical issues of
behavioral theory, method, and application. Toward this end, they
formed the Carolina Consortium on Human Development in 1987 as part
of an advanced institute for the study of development, the Center
for Developmental Science. This book grew from that long-term
collaboration. In addition to the collaborative statement,
individual chapters outline implications of the orientation for
method and theory in traditional disciplines. The chapters address
specific developmental issues, varying across time frames,
methodologies, disciplines, cultures, and even species. They
provide an inside look at the basic issues that confront modern
social and behavioral study, including its strengths and problems.
Each generation of American children across the tumultuous
20th-century has come of age in a very different world. How do
major historical events - such as war or the depression - influence
children's development? Children in Time and Place brings together
social historians and developmentalists to explore the implications
of a changing society for children's growth and life chances.
Transitions provide a central theme, from historical transitions to
the social transitions of children and their developmental
experiences. The book has two stories to tell, one about children
growing up and coming of age in various times and places, and
another about how collaboration worked across the disciplines of
history and psychology. Children in Time and Place begins with
studies that link historical and life transitions in children's
lives, with an emphasis on wartime experience. It turns to studies
of historical variation in the effect of life transitions, from the
onset of sexual experience in girl's lives to the transition to
fatherhood in boys, and it concludes by introducing the reader to
the collaborative efforts involved in the workshop that led to the
volume.
Although the growth of longitudinal data archives is one of the
most dramatic developments in the behavioural sciences, there has
been a barrier to the effective use of these files due to a lack of
understanding of the relation between research questions and
archival data - until now. The authors of this volume illustrate
how to use the model-fitting process to select and fit the right
data set to a particular research problem. Beginning with an
introduction to the general issues in working with archival data,
the book takes the reader through steps in the recasting of data
and question, using substantive examples from the life course, such
as temporal patterns of physical and emotional health as well as
pathways to retirement.
Developmental Science provides an account of the basic principles of the new developmental synthesis, as formulated by the Carolina Consortium on Human Development. Based on a collaborative statement, individual chapters outline implications of the orientation for method and theory in traditional disciplines. The chapters address specific developmental issues, varying across time frames, methodologies, disciplines, cultures and even species. They provide an inside look at the issues that confront modern social and behavioral study, including its strengths and problems.
This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a
comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an
"inside view" of how they designed and carried out influential
longitudinal studies. Using vivid examples, the contributors trace
the connections between early and later experience and reveal how
researchers and graduate students can discover these links in their
own research. Well-organized chapters describe the best and newest
ways to: *Use surveys, life records, ethnography, and data archives
to collect different types of data over years or even
decades.*Apply innovative statistical methods to measure dynamic
processes that result in improvement, decline, or reversibility in
economic fortune, stress, health, and criminality.*Explore the
micro- and macro-level explanatory factors that shape individual
trajectories, including genetic and environmental interactions,
personal life history, interpersonal ties, and sociocultural
institutions.
One of the myths about families in inner-city neighbourhoods is
that they are characterized by poor parenting. The sociologist
Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other
misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic
advantage in this text. The book launches a series which focuses on
how and why youth are able to overcome - rather than succumb to -
social disadvantages. Based on more than 500 interviews and
qualitative case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia,
the text reveals how parents managed different levels of resources
and dangers in low-income neighbourhoods and how this management,
rather than community involvement, contributed to the success of
their children. The authors detail the factors that shape the
trajectories of adolescents and in so doing provide information
about programmes and services that should be useful to policy
makers, sociologists, educators, and indeed anyone concerned with
the fate of the urban poor.
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