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

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.2350973/09051
• Soggetto topico: Adolescence - United States - History - 21st century; Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Ethnology - United States; Ethnology -- United States; Parent and teenager - United States; Parent and teenager -- United States; Social classes - United States; Social classes -- United States; Adolescence - History - 21st century - United States; Social Welfare & Social Work; Social Sciences; Child & Youth Development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): CarrPatrick Joseph; HoldawayJennifer Ann; KefalasMaria; WatersMary C.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Coming of Age in America
• ISBN: 1-280-10208-X; 9786613520548; 0-520-95018-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457912603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II