Books by Daniel Bertaux

Uses qualitative techniques - such as life stories and family case studies - to examine the dynamics of mobility and address fundamental sociological questions. This book employs the case-study approach which allows the analysis of collective processes through their local effects, restoring the links with classics of sociological thought.

Between Generations concerns powerful memories that continue to shape the present, but in this case in almost all families throughout the world

Memories continue to shape the present, in almost all families throughout the world. A life-story approach to family memories can provide a new key to research on the dynamics of the family and on social change.

Uses qualitative techniques - such as life stories and family case studies - to examine the dynamics of mobility and address fundamental sociological questions. This book employs the case-study approach which allows the analysis of collective processes through their local effects, restoring the links with classics of sociological thought.