Erik H. Erikson's remarkable insights into the relationship of life history and history began
with observations on a central stage of life: identity development in adolescence. This book
collects three early papers that—along with Childhood and Society—many consider the best
introduction to Erikson's theories." Ego Development and Historical Change" is a selection of
extensive notes in which Erikson first undertook to relate to each other observations on
groups studied on field trips and on children studied longitudinally and clinically. These …