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The first full report from the team that discovered the patterns of adult development, this breakthrough study ranks in significance with the original works of Kinsey and Erikson, exploring and explaining the specific periods of personal development through which all human begins must pass—and which together form a common pattern underlying all human lives.
"A pioneering and radical theory of adult development."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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ISBN-13:	9780345339010
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/12/1986
Edition description:	REISSUE
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	404,677
Product dimensions:	6.15(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Daniel J. Levinson, a psychologist, was one of the founders of the field of positive adult development. Levinson's two most prominent publications were his series of books entitled, The Seasons of a Man's Life and The Seasons of a Woman's Life. Although controversy surrounds his publications, both books remain promising and highly influential within the field of psychology. Levinson died in 1994 shortly after finishing The Seasons of a Woman's Life which was then published in 1996.

	Preface	ix
I	A View of Adult Development
1	The Life Cycle and Its Seasons	3
2	Eras: The Anatomy of the Life Cycle	18
3	Developmental Periods: The Evolution of the Individual Life Structure	40
4	Four Men	64
II	The Novice Phase of Early Adulthood
5	The Novice Phase: The Early Adult Transition, Entering the Adult World, and the Age Thirty Transition	71
6	Major Tasks of the Novice Phase	90
7	The Life of James Tracy, Executive (I)	112
8	The Life of William Paulsen, Worker	126
III	The Settling Down Period
9	Settling Down: Building a Second Adult Life Structure	139
10	Five Sequences Through the Settling Down Period	150
11	The Life of James Tracy (II)	166
12	The Life of Paul Namson, Novelist	171
IV	The Mid-Life Transition and Entering Middle Adulthood
13	The Mid-life Transition	191
14	Mid-life Individuation: Young/Old, the Major Polarity	209
15	Mid-life Individuation: The Other Polarities	222
16	Modifying the Life Structure During the Mid-life Transition	245
17	The Life of John Barnes, Biologist	260
18	Entering Middle Adulthood	278
19	The Life of James Tracy (III)	305
V	Conclusions
20	Tasks and Possibilities of Adult Development	317
	Notes	341
	Permissions Acknowledgments	353
	Index	355

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The Seasons of a Man's Life: The Groundbreaking 10-Year Study That Was the Basis for Passages!

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