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Looking at Lives American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century / Erin Phelps, Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., Anne Colby, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Longitudinal studies.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Research--United States--Methodology.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (391 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Russel Sage Foundation, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The impact of long-term longitudinal studies on the landscape of twentieth century social and behavioral science cannot be overstated.The field of life course studies has grown exponentially since its inception in the 1950s, and now influences methodologies as well as expectations for all academic research.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Part I. Multiple Intersections; Introduction. Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century / Erin Phelps and Anne Colby; Chapter 1. Longitudinal Studies and Life-Course Research: Innovations, Investigators, and Policy Ideas / Janet Zollinger Giele; Chapter 2. How It Takes Thirty Years to Do a Study / Frank F. Furstenberg Jr.; Part II. Lives and Studies in Social Historical Context; Chapter 3. Looking Backward: Post Hob Reflections on Longitudinal Surveys / Frank L. Mott
- Chapter 4. Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck's Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency Study: The Lives of 1,000 Boston Men in the Twentieth Century / John H. Laub and Robert J. SampsonChapter 5. The Study of Adult Development / George E. Vaillant; Chapter 6. The PSID and Me / Greg J. Duncan; Part III. The Importance of Timing in Lives and in Studies of Lives; Chapter 7. Baltimore Beginning School Study in Perspective / Doris R. Entwisle, Karl L. Alexander, and Linda Steffel Olson; Chapter 8. Historical Times and Lives: A Journey Through Time and Space / Glen H. Elder Jr.
- Chapter 9. Phenomenological Perspectives on Natural History Research: The Longitudinal Harlem Adolescent Cohort Study / Ann F. BrunswickChapter 10. The Origin and Development of Preschool Intervention Projects / David P. Weikart; Part IV. Connecting Lives; Chapter 11. Plotting Developmental Pathways: Methods, Measures, Models, and Madness; Chapter 12. Looking for Trouble in Paradise: Some Lessons Learned from the Kauai Longitudinal Study / Emmy E. Werner; Chapter 13. Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children / Arland Thornton, Ronald Freedman and William G. Axinn
- Part V. ReflectionsChapter 14. Generativity, Identity, and the Proclamation of Landmarks / John Modell; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61044-450-7
- OCLC:
- 906809387
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