291 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
291 Pages
by
Routledge
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Life courses, both professional and personal, are often directed by unplanned experiences. At crossroads, which path is followed and which hard choices are made can change the direction of one's future. Wendell Bell's life illustrates how totally unforeseen events can shape individual lives. As he notes, despite our hopes and our plans for the future, there is also serendipity, feedback, twists... Read more
Foreword by Kai Erikson, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Moving West: From Chicago to Fresno, 2. Family Life, 3. Men of Raenford, 4. Return to Public School and Working, 5. Winning Wings of Gold, 6. Operational Flying in the Navy, 7. College, Marriage, and the End of Flying, 8. Becoming a Sociologist, 9. People of the City, 10. Moving to the Suburbs, 11. Getting Started in Jamaica, 12. Decisions of Nationhood, 13. Embracing the Caribbean, 14. A Time of Change at Yale, 15. We’ll Always Have Paris—and Horses, 16. Becoming a Futurist, 17. The Land of Oz, 18. A Period of Grace, 19. Looking Back, Epilogue Moving West Again?, Index
Biography
Wendell Bell
