Cohorts, Chronology, and Collective Memories (ICPSR 1318)

Version Date: Jan 31, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Howard Schuman, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research; Willard L. Rodgers, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01318.v1

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Summary

We asked Americans to tell us the national and world events that they believe to have been especially important since the 1930's, using replicated cross-section surveys carried out in 1985, in 2000, and September 11, 2001. Our primary interests are, first, in how collective memories change as new events occur, such as the end of the Cold War or the 9/11 terrorist attack, and second, in whether the origin of such memories during the critical period of adolescence and early adulthood, as well as their connection with education, remain stable over time and consistent with theory. As part of our investigation we consider four related issues: collective forgetting as well as collective remembering. The distinction between ease of recalling events and judgments of their importance. Compound events which are composed of sub-events that can be remembered separately by respondents. And larger social and technological changes difficult or impossible to date with any precision. Panel data from the second and third surveys, obtained shortly before and after 9/11, aid in determining which earlier collective memories were superseded by the terrorist attack itself.

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Schuman, Howard, and Rodgers, Willard L. Cohorts, Chronology, and Collective Memories. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01318.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (SES-0001844 and SES-0206472)

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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Data Collection Notes

  1. The files submitted are three SPSS system files: Cronologymerge1&2.,sav, Chronologymerge2&3, and Chronologypanel.sav, ArchiveMemo2005.doc, a full description of the files, and Chronology.pdf, a detailed study report.

  2. These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigators if further information is desired.

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Original Release Date

2006-01-31

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Schuman, Howard, and Willard L. Rodgers. Cohorts, Chronology, and Collective Memories. ICPSR01318-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-01-31. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01318.v1
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Notes

  • These data are flagged as replication datasets and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.