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

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 242 p.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Adolescence -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Parent and teenager -- United States.
Ethnology -- United States.
Social classes -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Waters, Mary C.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520270930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520270923 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520950184 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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