Coming of age in America [electronic resource] : the transition to adulthood in the twenty-first century / edited by Mary C. Waters ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.Description: x, 242 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.2350973/09051 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ796 .C656 2011eb
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Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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