Coming of Age in America: The Transition to Adulthood in the Twenty-First Century

by Patrick J. Carr, Maria J. Kefalas, Jennifer Holdaway

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520270932

ISBN13:9780520270930

Release Date:December 1987

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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Cultural Discrimination & Racism Parenting & Relationships Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Teenagers Urban

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