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Lives in time and place — the problems and promises of developmental science
Author(s)	Richard A Settersten
Publisher	Baywood, Amityville, NY, 1999
Pages	318 pp (Society and aging series)
Source	Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 26 Austin Avenue, PO Box 337, Amityville, New York 11701, USA.
Keywords	Life span ; Sociology, Social Science ; Research Reviews.
Annotation	Time and place are of the greatest significance for scientific inquiry about human lives. This book focuses on central concepts, measures and strategies for carrying out research on age and the life course. The author uses "developmental science" and "study of lives" interchangeably, by which he means a synthesis of the central concepts, propositions and methods relating to human development in different life periods. Chapters discuss: propositions from the disciplines of life-course sociology and life-span developmental psychology; challenges related to age and age structuring; the concepts of generation and cohort; and challenges to understanding lives over time and by place. The last chapter sets an agenda for the future of developmental science. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-991018208 B
Classmark	BG6: S: 3A:6KC
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