Biographical Research MethodsRobert Lee Miller The life history or biographical research method was popular in the early decades of the twentieth century and, after a period of eclipse caused by the rise of quantitative methods, is enjoying a resurgence of interest. This burgeoning of interest is enough that we can now speak of a biographical `turn' as the social sciences These four volumes present the first established collection of the biographical method literature and brings together the many diverse strands. The set will serve to set the canon for this re-established research area. The collection is organized around eight themes: the classical statements dominated by the pre-war American `'Chicago School' of sociology; the neo-classical statements of the first wave of renewed interest in the 1970s; interviewing, including reflexivity, recall and narrative structures; analysis and the principles of selection in generating stories for narrative biographical interviews; biographical concepts such as life courses and generations; transitions and social trauma; biography and social policy; and controversies in biographical research. |
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... demographic analyses for France and England revealed that , in the preindustrial period , age at marriage was later than had been generally assumed , couples practiced some form of family limitation and child spacing as early as the ...
... demographic model of proto - industrialization has come under criticism . On the one hand , scholars have questioned whether the demographic changes had been sufficiently widespread to warrant generalizations . For example , in their ...
... demographic school and the family reconstitution method , see Wheaton , “ Obser- vations on the Development of ... Demographic History ( Uppsala , 1973 ) . Swedish demographic data are exceptionally rich , because parish registers kept ...
Contents
A German School? | 5 |
Biographical Research Gabriele Rosenthal | 25 |
Structures of Meaning and Objective Hermeneutics | 33 |
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