The Lucky Few Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom /

• Main Author: Carlson, Elwood (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Population.; Sociology.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Population Economics.

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 generation smaller than the one before them, and the...

Table of Contents:

• Who are the Lucky Few?
• American Generations of the Twentieth Century
• Unlikely Origins
• Growing Up Golden
• Peacetime Patriots
• High Road to Money and Power
• At the Heart of the Silent Majority
• The Lucky Few in Black and White
• The Best Time to Retire
• Could It Happen Again?.