The Making of a Generation: The Children of the 1970s in Adulthood

by Johanna Wyn and Lesley Andres

Book Overview

Secondary school graduates of the late 1980s and early 1990s have found themselves coping with economic insecurity, social change, and workplace restructuring. Drawing on studies that have recorded the lives of young people in two countries for over fifteen years, The Making of a Generation offers unique insight into the hopes, dreams, and trajectories of a generation.

Although children born in the 1970s were more educated than ever before,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802094678
• ISBN13: 9780802094674
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher