Glen H. Elder, Jr. is Research Professor of Sociology and Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and manages a research program on life course studies. He has also served on the faculties of the University of California (Berkeley) and Cornell University. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Elder has served as Vice-President of the American Sociological Association (1989), and as President of the Sociological Research Association (1999) and of the Society for Research on Child Development (1995-97). His books (authored, co-authored, edited) include Children of the Great Depression (1974; 1999, expanded edition), Life Course Dynamics (1985), Children in Time and Place (1993), Families in Troubled Times (1994), Examining Lives in Context (1995), Developmental Science (1996), Methods of Life Course Research (1998), and Children of the Land: Adversity and Success in Rural America (2000: William J. Goode Award).

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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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Foreword - Anne Colby
Crafting Life Course Studies
PART ONE: THE LIFE COURSE MODE OF INQUIRY
Life Course Research - Janet Z Giele and Glen H Elder Jr
Development of a Field
A Life Course Approach - Matilda White Riley
Autobiographical Notes
The Craft of Life Course Studies - Angela M O Rand
PART TWO: DATA COLLECTION AND MEASUREMENT
Data Organization and Conceptualization - Nancy Karweit and David Kertzer
Retrospective vs Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research - Jacqueline Scott and Duane Alwin
Finding Respondents in a Follow-Up Study - Donna Dempster-McClain and Phyllis Moen
Collecting Life History Data - Erika Brückner and Karl Ulrich Mayer
Experiences from the German Life History Study
PART THREE: STRATEGIES FOR ANALYSIS
Life Reviews and Life Stories - John A Clausen
Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data - John H Laub and Robert J Sampson
Innovation in the Typical Life Course - Janet Z Giele
Linking History and Human Lives - Glen H Elder Jr and Lisa Pellerin