<i><p>"<b>Making Human Beings Human </b>tells the remarkable scientific story of Urie Bronfenbrenner''s journey toward ''a bioecology of human development''- a dynamic perspective of individuals in ever-changing, multi-level contexts. Building upon years of distinguished teaching and research at Cornell, the author skillfully weaves each part of his story together, highlighting the puzzles and fresh insights that enhance understanding. This is a marvelous book to read and cherish from one of our giants in the field of human development."</p></i><p>-Glen H. Elder, <i>University of North Carolina</p></i><i><p>"This volume is a remarkable compilation of several critical writings of one of the most influential developmental psychologists of the 20th, and now 21st, century. <b>Making Human Beings Human </b>is an essential reader for all students of human development, whether they are undergraduates, graduate students, teachers, practitioners, or policy makers. . . . To read this book is to