An edition of Welcome to the Jungle (1995)

Welcome to the Jungle

The Why Behind Generation X

1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
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An edition of Welcome to the Jungle (1995)

Welcome to the Jungle

The Why Behind Generation X

1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
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The population bomb/a white one for twenty-one days, a pink one for seven/pretty baby/it's a mad mad mad mad world/meet your new family/the warehouse generation/quality time/give a hoot dont pollute/birth of a disease/I was bad because you forgot to give me my pill/teach your chidlren wrong/the feel-good school/what a difference twenty years makes/fallout from the "Movement"/majoring in "Other"/Anxiety U./monkey on our backs/the incredible shrinking paycheck/rent forever/trickling down/inside joke/the free as parents?/mixin' it up/it's a jungle out there

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289

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Cover of: Welcome to the Jungle
Welcome to the Jungle: The Why Behind Ggeneration X
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Welcome to the Jungle: The Why Behind Generation X
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The free generation --
pt. 1. The generation that raised itself --
Reconsidering childhood --
Family deconstruction --
It's 3:00 p.m. Do you know where your parents are? --
The youthful face of poverty --
Peers over parents --
A growing pessimism --
New extremes of discipline --
Home away from home --
What a different twenty years makes --
pt. 2. The blackboard jungle --
Schools without walls --
College --
pt. 3. The impoverished generation --
Working more for less --
Low incomes and expensive homes --
pt. 4. The free generation today and tomorrow --
Free-style families --
A new political force --
Looking ahead.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-276) and index.

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New York, USA
Copyright Date
1995

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.2
Library of Congress
HQ799.7 .H63 1995, HQ799.7.H63 1995

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
ix, 289 p. :
Number of pages
289

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Open Library
OL1276321M
Internet Archive
welcometojunglew0000holt
ISBN 10
0312132107
ISBN 13
9780312132101
LCCN
95007938
OCLC/WorldCat
32130854
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0312132107
Google
FOcvc7dKbO4C
Library Thing
625218
Goodreads
1921164

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Lois and Stephen Wolfson welcomed the birth of their first child in September, 1975--a son they named Adam.
added by Lisa.

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