Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Generation Jones - 1954 to 1965 - List of Generations

The other day I heard the term, Generation Jones and had to look it up on Wikipedia. Apparently, it was a term coined by Jonathan Pontell to describe people born between 1954 and 1965. According to Wikipedia, "Jonesers were given huge expectations as children int eh 1960s, and then confronted with a different reality as they came of age int he 1970s, leaving them with a certain unrequited, jonesing quality."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones

Jonathan Pontell's website

Here's my list of Generations and sub=generations as compiled from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generations) and a number of other sources*. There doesn't appear to be a consensus on the starting and ending dates of each generation.

  • 1883-1900 The Lost Generation
  • 1901-1945 Greatest Generation
  • - 1901-1924 G.I. Generation
  • - 1925-1945 Great Generation or Silent Generation
  • 1946-1980 Baby Boomers
  • - 1946-1964 Boom Generation / Hippie
  • - 1954-1969 Generation Jones
  • 1964-1980 Generation X / Baby Busters
  • - 1975-1985 MTV Generation / Boomerang Generation
  • 1981-2000 Generation Y / Millennials
  • 1981-1982 Cold Y Generation
  • 2001 to present Generation Z
  • -1995 to 2009 New Silent Generation


* Reference:
Wikipedia
Isacosta's site
itereasi.net