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Stories of Elders: What the Greatest Generation Knows about Technology that You Don't

Stories of Elders: What the Greatest Generation Knows about Technology that You Don't - Hardcover

by Veronica Kirin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Veronica KirinPublish date:2018-09-05Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Identity PublicationsISBN-13:9781945884610ISBN-10:1945884614UPC:9781945884610Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Memoirs, United States, AnthropologyBook Topic:20th Century, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCB2HYVF5A

America's Greatest Generation (born before 1945) witnessed incredible changes in technology and social progress. From simple improvements in entertainment to life-changing medical advances, technology changed the way they live, work, and identify. Sadly, with each passing year, fewer members of the Greatest Generation remain alive to share their wisdom as the last Americans to grow up before the digital revolution.

In 2015, Millennial author and cultural anthropologist Veronica Kirin drove 12,000 miles across more than 40 states to interview the last living members of the Greatest Generation. Stories of Elders is the result of her years of work to capture and share their perspective for generations to come.

Stories of Elders preserves the wisdom, thoughts, humor, knowledge, and advice of the people who make up one of America's finest generations, including the Silent Generation. Their stories include the devastation that came from major events in U.S. history like World War I, the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and World War II.

The Greatest Generation (many of whom are now centenarians) saw the routine use of airplanes, cars, microwave ovens, telephones, radios, electricity, and the Internet come to fruition in their lifetimes. Their childhoods were simple, relying on outdoors games and their imagination for fun. How they went to school, pursued their careers, and raised their kids was radically different than the way we live today.

By chronicling more than 8,000 years of life lived during the most transitional time in American history, Stories of Elders offers old-fashioned wisdom and insight for America's future generations.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Identity PublicationsISBN-13:9781945884610ISBN-10:1945884614UPC:9781945884610Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Memoirs, United States, AnthropologyBook Topic:20th Century, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.88 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCB2HYVF5A
Kirin, Veronica: - Anthropologist turned serial entrepreneur Veronica Kirin has a passion for telling stories and connecting with the past. Her desire to study social changes through people drove her to write about technology and its impact on culture through the eyes of the Greatest Generation. Kirin was named by Forbes as a notable graduate of Grand Valley State University, a 40 Under 40 Business Leader, has been recognized as the founder of a Top Women Owned Business, and owns the first business in Grand Rapids, Michigan to be certified by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. She offers entrepreneurial coaching to LGBTQ business owners through her signature Self Care Through Scaling(TM) program so they work less, grow faster, and earn more. Learn more at veronicakirin.com and storiesofelders.com
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