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Zusatztext "Coming of Age in America: The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-first Century offers an important new contribution to the growing literature on transitions to adulthood." Informationen zum Autor Mary C. Waters is M.E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. She is author most recently of The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth in Comparative Perspective! and of Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in America (UC Press)! among other books. Patrick J. Carr is Associate Professor at Rutgers University. He is the author of Clean Streets: Controlling Crimes! Maintaining Order! and Building Community Activism and Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America. Maria J. Kefalas! Professor in the Department of Sociology at Saint Joseph's University! is the author of Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage (UC Press) among other books. Jennifer Holdaway is Program Director and China Representative at the Social Science Research Council. She is the author most recently of Environment and Health in China: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives. Klappentext "Much hand-wringing has occurred over the so-called failure of young people to grow up today. This volume persuasively shows the range of forces that shape the protracted transition to adulthood. An excellent and enjoyable read." --Deborah Carr! Professor of Sociology! Rutgers University! and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. "The essays in this volume are written with great verve and intelligence! grounded in extensive fieldwork and careful data analysis." --Frank Furstenberg! Professor of Sociology in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Mary C. Waters, Patrick J. Carr, and Maria J. Kefalas 1. Straight from the Heartland: Coming of Age in Ellis, Iowa Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas 2. Transitions to Adulthood in the Land of Lake Wobegon Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann, and Jeylan T. Mortimer 3. If You Can Make It There . . . : The Transition to Adulthood in New York City Jennifer Holdaway 4. Coming of Age in “America’s Finest City”: Transitions to Adulthood Among Children of Immigrants in San Diego Linda Borgen and Rubén G. Rumbaut 5. Becoming Adult: Meanings and Markers for Young Americans Richard A. Settersten Jr. 6. Conclusion Maria J. Kefalas and Patrick J. Carr Appendix: Methods References Contributors Index...
