Crossings to adulthood how diverse young Americans understand and navigate their lives / edited by Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann, Ruben G. Rumbaut.

SeriesYouth in a globalizing world ; 4
Contents Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Introduction: inside the diverse transitions to adulthood / Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann and Ruben G. Rumbaut -- Experiences and understandings in core domains of the transition to adulthood -- Family support in the transition to adulthood among diverse young / Adults in the United States / Teresa Toguchi Swartz and Erika Busse -- Social contexts and geographic location in the transition to a four-year college : perspectives from Iowa, Minnesota, and New York / Vivian Louie -- Career beginnings American-style : agency and floundering in subjective perspective / Jeylan T. Mortimer and Laura L. Fischer -- "Marriage is more than being together" : the meaning of marriage for young adults / Maria J. Kefalas, Frank F. Furstenberg, Patrick J. Carr and Laura Napolitano -- Moving ahead, drifting, and scaling back : gender and parenthood in career development / Pamela Aronson and Jeylan T. Mortimer -- Culture, politics, and community -- From daddy's liquor cabinet to home depot : shifts in leisure activity in the transition to adulthood / Sarah Shannon, Christopher Uggen and D. Wayne Osgood -- Connecting with the body politic : civic engagement in young adulthood / Constance Flanagan, Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas -- Collective identification among young adult Americans : ethnicity, race, and the incorporation experience / Arturo Baiocchi and Douglas Hartmann -- Crossing lines and imagining the future : transitions to adulthood and mixed couples in California and New York / Charlie V. Morgan, Ruben G. Rumbaut and Lisa Wang -- Conclusion -- The transition to adulthood in qualitative, comparative perspective : insights and implications from the American case / Douglas Hartmann and Teresa Toguchi Swartz -- Index.
General noteIncludes index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Crossings to adulthood Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004336469
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017010559
ISBN9789004345874 (E-book)