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"Phoebe Ho, Hyunjoon Park, and Grace Kao provide one of the best succinct descriptions I have ever read of historical trends in immigration policy and the ways that populations diversify over time."—Robert Crosnoe, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Rapoport Centennial Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
"Ho, Park, and Kao provide a compelling story of the different paths to adulthood in America today. Written with engaging prose, the book documents how the decline in universal marriage and childbearing, along with increasing income inequality, has yielded not only greater diversity in living arrangements among young adults, but also how this diversity varies by race, educational attainment, and immigrant generation. This will be a valuable course book for students of immigration and inequality."—John Iceland, series editor, Sociology in the Twenty-First Century
List of contents
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Defining and Giving Context to the
Transition to Adulthood
1. Understanding the New Face of America: Racial
and Ethnic Diversity and Immigration
2. Getting Ahead, Falling Behind: Education and
Employment
3. Settling In, Settling Down: Household and
Family Formation
4. Connecting Milestones: Profiles of Adulthood
5. Exploring a Mosaic of Experiences: Ethnicity,
Immigrant Status, and Sexual Orientation
6. Envisioning the Transition to Adulthood Today and
in the Future
Appendix
Notes
References
Index
About the author
Phoebe Ho is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. Her research focuses on family experiences with education and schooling in the United States, with a particular emphasis on race, ethnicity, immigrant status, and social class.
Hyunjoon Park is Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology and Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include social stratification, education, family, and the transition to adulthood, especially in East Asian societies.
Grace Kao is IBM Professor of Sociology and Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University. She is a past vice president of the American Sociological Association. Her research focuses on race, ethnicity, immigration, education, and youth outcomes.
