https://elearn.pstcc.edu/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=8395131&type=lti&rcode=TBR-43132012&srcou=8395131 1 What does Mills mean by, Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both? How could yo u understand your own life better by knowing more about history? How do individual biographies shape history? Think of a concrete example of this connection between individual biography and larger social history. 2 What do the terms personal troubles and public issues mean? 3 How could we understand the issues of gender inequality, poverty, and crime as either a personal trouble or public issue? How does labeling these problems a personal trouble or a public issue shape the kinds of solutions we might propose?

