Covering more than forty years of scholarship, this volume brings together Bernice Neugarten's contributions in four areas: "Age as a Dimension of Social Organization; The Life Course; Personality and Adaptation; and Social Policy Issues". Each section is introduced by an authority in the area, including George L. Maddox, Gunhild O. Hagestad, David L. Gutmann, Robert H. Binstock, and Dail A. Neugarten, who explains and highlights Neugarten's contributions in light of the most recent research.