01734     2200289   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001000123084001600133100002000149245008400169260002700253300003600280500002300316504001400339520091000353650003101263990002501294990002501319990002501344990002501369990002501394990002501419INLIS00000000000278020221017114424  a0010-0520002780221017                |          | eng    a9781402085406  aeng  a304.6  a304.6 CAR l0 aCarlson, Elwood14aLucky Few : Between the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boom /cElwood Carlson  aUSA :bSpringer,c2008  axx, 216p. :b: illus. ;c24 cm.  aIndeks : p.209-216  ap.201-207  aAs the book title - 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 luckiest generation of Americans ever. As children they experienced the most stable intact parental families in the nation's history. Lucky few women married earlier than any other generation of the century and helped give birth to the baby boom, yet also gained in education compared to earlier generations. Lucky few men made the greatest gains of the century in schooling, earned veterans benefits like the Greatest Generation but served mostly in peacetime with only a fraction of the casualties, came closest to full employment, and spearheaded the trend toward earlier retirement. Here is their story, and the story of how they have affected other recent generations of Americans before and since. 4aUnited States - Population  a10118/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10117/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10117/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10118/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10118/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a10117/MKRI-P/XI-2008