Ages and stages -- An introduction -- The origins of our project -- Life and times: our subjects' historical and geographical milieus -- Stage for stage: epigenesis -- The voices of our informants -- Integrity and despair: wisdom -- Generativity and stagnation: care -- Intimacy and isolation: love -- Identity and identity confusion: fidelity -- Industry and inferiority: competence -- Initiative and guilt: purpose -- Autonomy and shame/doubt: will -- Trust and mistrust: hope -- A life history: revisitation and reinvolvement -- The screenplay -- Isak's stages -- Old age in our society.