Life Stories: A Sociological Approach
May 2026 · Policy Press
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224
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About this ebook
The first English translation of this classic text, Life Stories demonstrates how asking participants to narrate the concrete details of their daily work reveals the tacit knowledge, relationships and processes that sustain entire ways of life.
About the author
Daniel Bertaux is a French sociologist. Beginning his career in 1967, as full-time Researcher in Sociology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), he has worked with Raymond Aron, Pierre Bourdieu, Raymond Boudon, Alain Touraine and Robert Castel among others. Since 2005, he has been affiliated with the Research Centre Dynamiques Européennes at the University of Strasbourg.
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