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Synopsis
What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results.
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With 15 other contributors, editors Giele (sociology, Brandeis U.) and Elder (psychology and sociology, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) chart the life course model of development<-->going beyond stage theories such as Sheehy's . The first section details this mode of inquiry which views humans in a social as well as psychological context; the next considers methodological issues in collecting such longitudinal data; and the last interprets the individual differences of cohorts. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.