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Coming of age in the other America /

"Coming of Age in the Other America illuminates the profound effects of neighborhoods on impoverished families. The authors conducted in-depth interviews and fieldwork with 150 young adults, and found that those who had been able to move to better neighborhoods--either as part of the Moving to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: DeLuca, Stefanie (Autor), Clampet-Lundquist, Susan (Autor), Edin, Kathryn, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface: "Baltimore city, you're breaking my heart"
  • "Different privileges that different people inherit" : social reproduction and the transition to adulthood
  • "More people that have stuff to live for here" : neighborhood change and intergenerational attainment
  • "Following my passion" : how identity projects help youth beat the street and stay on track
  • "You never know what's happening : this is Baltimore" : the vulnerability of youth without an identity project
  • "It's kind of like crabs in a bucket" : how family and neighborhood disadvantage hinder the transition to adulthood
  • "In and out before you know it" : the educational and occupational traps of expedited adulthood
  • "If it can cause some kind of change" : policies to support identity projects and reduce educational and neighborhood inequality
  • Appendix A: Study history and methodology
  • Appendix B: MTOQ5 general description worksheet and MTOQ10 field note template.