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This book focuses on the ways in which the life course of individuals is affected by the historical contexts in which they live. Editors Schaie and Elder, along with over twenty-five contributors, explore how historical events of varying degrees such as immigration, war, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status can affect the immediate and long-term life course.

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K. Warner Schaie, PhD, is the Evan Pugh Professor of Human Development and Psychology at Pennsylvania State University. He also holds an appointment as Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington. Glen H. Elder, Jr, PhD, Howard Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He directs the Carolina Population Center's training program on aging and population and co-directs the Carolina Consortium on Human Development at UNC-CH.

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