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Michelle Tillman
October 9, 2009
History 579
The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930sbyKristeLindenmeyer
Utilizing Tom Brokaw's title of The Greatest Generation, Lindenmeyer examines how the generation responsible for the victory of World War II managed to survive the hardships of the Great Depression.
Lindenmeyer reviews the importance of cultural and legal structures that shaped childhood in the 1930s (3).
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She shows how childhood institutions – school, work, play – evolved during the economic crisis by drawing on memoirs, letters, oral histories, and demographic statistics. Chapters one through seven are broken into sections covering special topics; the final chapter presents the author's conclusion.
Her opening chapter on families analyzes how the economic crisis challenged the ideal American household and how the numerous federal programs helped families in need.
Lindenmeyer supports her main point – that “a new definition of modern American c