《大萧条的孩子们》是美国著名社会学、心理学教授G·H·埃尔德的一本重要著作。作为一名社会学研究者,埃尔德以其提出的关于个人发展的生命历程理论而享誉美国社会学界。这本书正是埃尔德对于生命历程研究方法探索的开始,对生命历程社会学具有开创性的贡献。最初,我是以读小说的心态来看这本书的,因为我特别感兴趣于“大萧条”对于曾经有过这段生活经历的孩子今后 The Children of the Great Depression is an important book by G. El-Elder, a famous professor of sociology and psychology in the United States. As a sociologist, Elder is renowned in American sociology for his life-cycle theory of personal development. This book is just the beginning of Elder’s exploration of the research methods of life course and his pioneering contribution to the sociology of life history. Originally, I read the book in a novel, because I was particularly interested in the Great Depression. For children who have had this life experience in the future