2006-08-08 06:52:26 · 6 answers · asked by butnozzle 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think a 'generation' is considered about 20 years, which may be different from a 'cohort'. There may be more than one cohort in a single generation or a cohort may extend across generations.
The terms, 'generation x', 'generation y', 'lost generation' 'baby-boomers', 'baby-busters' may be considered more of cohorts even though some of these span the length of a generation thereby viewed as such.
2006-08-08 07:34:17 · answer #1 · answered by AILENE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "generation" is usually 20-25 years.
Here are some names I remember from American History:
Lost Generation (1920s)
Greatest Generation (1930s-40s) coined by Tom Brokaw
Baby Boomers (1946-1964)
Generation X
Generation Y
2006-08-08 15:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by Malika 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A generation is twenty years. Between WWl
and WWll was called The Lost Generation"
The generation or Hippies of the 1960's were
called the"me generation" or baby boomers(1946-1965)
2006-08-08 14:12:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most accord a generation 10 years. As for their names, well, good luck finding a complete list!
2006-08-08 14:00:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The 80s were Generation X, just count backwards in the alphabet from that. I'm sure that's how it works.
2006-08-08 14:01:47 · answer #5 · answered by lennonade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask jeeves or try googling the answer.
2006-08-08 14:02:31 · answer #6 · answered by oppositeangles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋