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Title:

Coming of age in America : the transition to adulthood in the twenty-first century / edited by Mary C. Waters ... [et al.]

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

x, 242 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Adolescence--United States--History--21st century.
Parent and teenager--United States.
Ethnology--United States.
Social classes--United States.

Other Authors:

Waters, Mary C.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Mary C. Waters, Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas -- Straight from the heartland : coming of age in Ellis, Iowa / Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas -- Transitions to adulthood in the land of Lake Woebegon / Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann and Jeylan Mortimer -- If you can make it there-- : the transition to adulthood in New York City / Jennifer Holdaway -- Coming of age in America's finest city : transitions to adulthood among children of immigrants in San Diego / Linda Borgen and Ruben Rumbaut -- Becoming adult : meanings and markers for young Americans / Richard A. Settersten, Jr. -- Conclusion / Maria J. Kefalas and Patrick J. Carr.

ISBN:

0520270932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520270930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520270924 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520270923 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)707842425

LCCN:

2011009850

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)