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Author:   Teresa Toguchi Swartz ,  Douglas Hartmann ,  Rubén G. Rumbaut
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   4
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9789004336469

ISBN 10:   900433646
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   01 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface Acknowledgements List of Tables About the Authors 1 1 Introduction: Inside the Diverse Transitions to Adulthood  Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Douglas Hartmann and Rubén G. Rumbaut Part 1: Experiences and Understandings in Core Domains of the Transition to Adulthood 2 2 Family Support in the Transition to Adulthood among Diverse Young Adults in the United States  Teresa Toguchi Swartz and Erika Busse 3 3 Social Contexts and Geographic Location in the Transition to a Four-Year College: Perspectives from Iowa, Minnesota, and New York  Vivian Louie 4 Career Beginnings American-Style: Agency and Floundering in Subjective Perspective  Jeylan T. Mortimer and Laura L. Fischer 5 “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 6 Moving Ahead, Drifting, and Scaling Back: Gender and Parenthood in Career Development  Pamela Aronson and Jeylan T. Mortimer Part 2: Culture, Politics, and Community 7 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 8 Connecting with the Body Politic: Civic Engagement in Young Adulthood  Constance A. Flanagan, Patrick J. Carr and Maria Kefalas 9 Collective Identification among Young Adult Americans: Ethnicity, Race, and the Incorporation Experience  Arturo Baiocchi and Douglas Hartmann 10 Crossing Lines and Imagining the Future: Transitions to Adulthood and Mixed Couples in California and New York  Charlie V. Morgan, Rubén G. Rumbaut and Lisa Wang Part 3: Conclusion 11 The Transition to Adulthood in Qualitative, Comparative Perspective: Insights and Implications from the American Case  i>Douglas Hartmann and Teresa Toguchi Swartz Index

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Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Ph.D. (2001), University of California, San Diego is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on intergenerational relations, families, race and ethnicity, Asian Americans, youth and young adulthood. Douglas Hartmann, Ph.D. (1997), University of California, San Diego, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy (University of Chicago Press, 2016) and studies race, ethnicity, culture, sport, and religion. Rubén G. Rumbaut, Ph.D. (1978), Brandeis University, is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of numerous books and articles on migration, ethnic identities, and transitions to adulthood, including Immigrant America: A Portrait (with Alejandro Portes, University of California Press, 2014).

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