The Study of Life History:

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" The Study of Life History: "
Mandelbaum, David G.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	902775
Doc. No	:	LA4105081f
Title & Author	:	The Study of Life History: [Article]. Gandhi\ Mandelbaum, David G.
Date	:	1973
Title of Periodical	:	UC Berkeley
Abstract	:	The study of lives as wholes has not yet been well developed in the social sciences, though a good many anthropologists, psychologists, political scientists, and sociologists have written about its importance. These authors agree that a main shortcoming in such study is the lack of suitable concepts to make up a coherent frame of reference. Three procedural suggestions, the ideas of adaptation, dimension, and turning, may be useful for the beginnings of such a frame. These suggestions are intended as guidelines for the collection and analysis of data. Their applicability is illustrated in the life history of Gandhi, a man whose life is worth studying for a number of reasons.