Coming of Age in America : The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century / Mary C. Waters, Patrick Joseph Carr, Maria Kefalas, Jennifer Ann Holdaway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Patrick Joseph, Editor.

Holdaway, Jennifer Ann, Editor.

Kefalas, Maria J., 1967- Editor.

Waters, Mary C., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescence--United States--History--21st century.

Ethnology--United States.

Parent and teenager--United States.

Social classes--United States.

Adolescence--History--21st century--United States.

Adolescence.

Parent and teenager.

Ethnology.

Social classes.

Local Subjects:

Adolescence--United States--History--21st century.

Ethnology--United States.

Parent and teenager--United States.

Social classes--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of 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. If 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786613520548

9781280102080

128010208X

9780520950184

0520950186

OCLC:

763156529