| Description |
1 online resource (431 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 -- Straight from the Heartland: Coming of Age in Ellis, Iowa; 2 -- Transitions to Adulthood in the Land of Lake Wobegon; 3 -- I f You Can Make It There ... : The Transition to Adulthood in New York City; 4 -- Coming of Age in "America's Finest City": Transitions to Adulthood Among Children of Immigrants in San Diego; 5 -- Becoming Adult: Meanings and Markers for Young Americans; 6 -- Conclusion; Appendix: Methods; References; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four very different places--New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota--to explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country. Drawing from in-depth interviews with people in their twenties and early thirties, it probes experiences and decisions surrounding education, work, marriage, parenthood, and housing. The first study to systematically explore this phenomenon from a qualitative perspective, Coming of Age in America offers a clear view of how traditional pa |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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Parent and teenager -- United States
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Ethnology -- United States.
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Social classes -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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Adolescence
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Ethnology
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Parent and teenager
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Social classes
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Social Welfare & Social Work.
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Social Sciences.
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Child & Youth Development.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carr, Patrick J
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Kefalas, Maria J
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Holdaway, Jennifer
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| ISBN |
9780520950184 |
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0520950186 |
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