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From Adolescence to Adulthood in the Vietnam Era By Timothy Owens Springer, 2005. 195 pages. $69.95 (cloth).

The life course perspective provides a general framework for studying the temporal organization of lives. Lives are constituted of sequentially contingent changes in statuses and roles over the life span that are shaped by historical context, social relations and the biographical accumulation of experiences across contexts that influence individual perceptions and behaviors. Arguably, the transition to adulthood is the most pivotal--and perhaps fateful--of status ...

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