From skedaddle to selfie : words of the generations /
"From baby boomers with 'groovy' and 'yuppie,' to Generation X with 'whatever' and 'like,' each generation inevitably comes to use certain words that are particular to its unique time in history. Those words not only tell us a great deal about the people...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
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- 1. Introduction: Speaking of the Generations
- 2. The Republican Generation - (born 1742-1766)
- 3. The Compromise Generation - (born 1767-1791)
- 4. The Transcendental Generation - (born 1792-1821)
- 5. The Gilded Generation - (born 1822-1842)
- 6. The Progressive Generation - (born 1843-1859)
- 7. The Missionary Generation - (born 1860-1882)
- 8. The Lost Generation - (born 1883-1900)
- 9. The G.I. Generation - (born 1901-1924)
- 10. The Silent Generation - (born 1925-1942)
- 11. The Boom Generation - (born 1943-1960)
- 12. The Thirteenth Generation, or Generation X - (born 1961-1981)
- 13. The Millennial Generation, or Generation Y - (born 1982-2004)
- 14. The Homeland Generation - (born 2005-current).