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

By: Waters, Mary CContributor(s): Carr, Patrick J | Kefalas, Maria J | Holdaway, Jennifer | Carr, Patrick Joseph | Kefalas, Maria | Holdaway, Jennifer AnnMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (183 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780520950184Subject(s): Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Ethnology -- United States | Parent and teenager -- United States | Social classes -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coming of Age in America : The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First CenturyDDC classification: 305.23509730 LOC classification: HQ796 -- .C656 2011ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- 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 patterns and expectations are changing, of the range of forces that are shaping these changes, and of how young people themselves view their lives.
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Intro -- 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.

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 patterns and expectations are changing, of the range of forces that are shaping these changes, and of how young people themselves view their lives.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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