The Lucky Few Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom
Born during the Great Depression and World War Two (1929 – 1945) - between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom - an entire generation has slipped between the cracks of history. Yet behind the scenes, these Lucky Few became the first American generat
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Elwood Carlson
Introduction by Richard Easterlin
The Lucky Few Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom
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The Lucky Few
Elwood Carlson
The Lucky Few Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom
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Elwood Carlson Florida State University Center for Demography and Population Health Tallahassee FL 32306 USA [email protected]
ISBN: 978-1-4020-8540-6
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8541-3
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Contents
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii 1 Who are the Lucky Few? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faces of the Lucky Few . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lucky Few in Public Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lucky Few in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lucky Few in Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lucky Few in Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lucky Few in Television and Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Membership in the Lucky Few . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defining Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 American Generations of the Twentieth Century . . . . . . . Naming the Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Worlders (Born from 1871 to 1889) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hard Timers (Born from 1890 to 1908) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good Warriors (Born from 1909 to 1928) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucky Few (Born from 1929 to 1945) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baby Boomers (Born from 1946 to 1964) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generation X (Born from 1965 to 1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Boomers (Born from 1983 to 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comparing Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 Unlikely Origins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 From Farms to Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Rise and Fall of “Normal” Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 v
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