Preface.- Ch 1 Introduction.- Ch 2 Efforts to Study Consumers Over their Lifespan.- Ch 3 The Life Course Paradigm: Conceptual and Theoretical Foundation.- Ch 4 Consumer and Behavior in Life Course Context.- Ch 5 The Life Course Research Framework: Illustrative Application in the Study of Financial Behaviors.- Ch 6 Methods of Life Course Research.- Ch 7 Contributions to Previous Efforts to Study Consumers Over their Lifespan.- Ch 8 Applications to Select Areas of Consumer Behavior: An Agenda for Future Research.- Ch 9 Implications for Practitioners.- Ch 10 Summary, Opportunities, Challenges, and Recommendations.- Index.- About the Author. sakriti opis