Coming of Age in America : The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century /

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What is it like to become an adult in 21st-century America? This book takes us to four very different places - New York, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota - explore the dramatic shifts in coming-of-age experiences across the country.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Waters, Mary C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Child & Youth Development.
Social Sciences.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Jugend
Social classes.
Parent and teenager.
Ethnology.
Adolescence.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
Ethnologie > États-Unis.
Parents et adolescents > États-Unis.
Adolescence > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Social classes > United States.
Ethnology > United States.
Parent and teenager > United States.
Adolescence > United States > History > 21st century.
USA
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Mary C. Waters, Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas
  • Straight from the heartland : coming of age in Ellis, Iowa / Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas
  • Transitions to adulthood in the land of Lake Woebegon / Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann and Jeylan Mortimer
  • If you can make it there
  • : the transition to adulthood in New York City / Jennifer Holdaway
  • Coming of age in America's finest city : transitions to adulthood among children of immigrants in San Diego / Linda Borgen and Ruben Rumbaut
  • Becoming adult : meanings and markers for young Americans / Richard A. Settersten, Jr.
  • Conclusion / Maria J. Kefalas and Patrick J. Carr.

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