On the frontier of adulthood : theory, research, and public policy /

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Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (591 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy.
Subject:	Young adults. Young adults -- United States. Youth. Youth -- United States. Adolescence. Adulthood. Adolescence. Adulthood. Young adults. Youth. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11187065

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Other authors / contributors:	Settersten, Richard A., Jr., 1964- Furstenberg, Frank F., 1940- Rumbaut, Rubén G.
ISBN:	9780226748924 0226748928 1281966444 9781281966445 9780226748894 0226748898 0226748898 9786611966447 6611966447
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	On the Frontier of Adulthood reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relationships, and personal development. Especially dramatic shifts have occurred in the conventional markers of adulthood?leaving home, finishing school, getting a job, getting married, and having children?and in how these experiences are configured as a set. This volume considers the nature and consequenc.
Other form:	Print version: On the frontier of adulthood. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005 0226748898 9780226748894

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