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Life Histories and Psychobiography: Explorations in Theory and Method

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I think this book is not for the lay reader, even one who is interested in psychology and its application to biography and to history. This book is mostly about process and method, about defending the study of biographical material from a psychological viewpoint from the many criticisms from which it suffers. As such it probably has value for an academic in the field. I was hoping for a number of studies of historical individuals, perhaps comparing alternative psychological interpretations for each, but there is little of that in this book. There is also little about using introspection, comparing introspective reports from many people with similar experiences, something I have found very valuable in at least creating hypotheses about behavior which seem very valuable.