Handbook of the Life Course (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research)
Contributors: Jeylan T. Mortimer (Editor); Michael J. Shanahan (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 734
ISBN-13: 9780306474989
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Science; Life cycle, Human; Sociology; Sociology - General; Science/Mathematics; Mental Health; Medical-Mental Health; Social Science / Sociology / General; Developmental psychology; Reference; Social aspects
First sentence: Today, the life course perspective is perhaps the pre-eminent theoretical orientation in the study of lives, but this has not always been the case.