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Revolutionary Generation
A revolutionary generation is a generation of people for whom a revolution was a major event or influence in their lives. Such revolutions are usually associated with particular nations. The children of this generation are called the Children of the revolution (concept), Children of the revolution Americas Cuba The Cuban revolution, revolutionaries of 1959 in Cuba were known as the ''Generation of the Centenary'' after the centenary, 100 year anniversary of the birth of José Martí in 1853. United States Evarts Boutell Greene dated the generation of the American Revolution as being from 1763 to 1790. Asia China The Generations of Chinese leadership#First generation, first political generation of leaders in the China, People's Republic of China are part of the revolutionary generation in China, such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai, Israel The Second Aliyah generation was arguably the most important and influential aliyah. It took place between 1904 and 1914, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generation
A generation refers to all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It can also be described as, "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children." In kinship terminology, it is a structural term designating the parent-child relationship. It is known as biogenesis, reproduction, or procreation in the biological sciences. ''Generation'' is also often used synonymously with ''cohort'' in social science; under this formulation it means "people within a delineated population who experience the same significant events within a given period of time". Generations in this sense of birth cohort, also known as "social generations", are widely used in popular culture, and have been the basis for sociological analysis. Serious analysis of generations began in the nineteenth century, emerging from an increasing awareness of the possibility of perm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
