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Author DeLuca, Stefanie, author.

Title Coming of age in the other America / Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin.

Publication Info. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2016]
©2016

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.235 D366C    Check Shelf
Description xx, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Preface: "Baltimore city, you're breaking my heart" -- "Different privileges that different people inherit" : social reproduction and the transition to adulthood -- "More people that have stuff to live for here" : neighborhood change and intergenerational attainment -- "Following my passion" : how identity projects help youth beat the street and stay on track -- "You never know what's happening : this is Baltimore" : the vulnerability of youth without an identity project -- "It's kind of like crabs in a bucket" : how family and neighborhood disadvantage hinder the transition to adulthood -- "In and out before you know it" : the educational and occupational traps of expedited adulthood -- "If it can cause some kind of change" : policies to support identity projects and reduce educational and neighborhood inequality -- Appendix A: Study history and methodology -- Appendix B: MTOQ5 general description worksheet and MTOQ10 field note template.
Subject Urban youth -- United States -- Social conditions.
Poor youth -- United States -- Social conditions.
Youth development -- United States.
Education, Urban -- United States.
Inner cities -- United States.
Social mobility -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
Added Author Clampet-Lundquist, Susan, author.
Edin, Kathryn, 1962- author.
Other Form: Online version: DeLuca, Stefanie, author. Coming of age in the other America. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2016] 9781610448581 (DLC) 2016004557
ISBN 9780871544650 (paperback)
0871544652 (paperback)
9781610448581 (ebook)
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