DeLuca, Stefanie,

Coming of age in the other America / Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin. - xx, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

"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 -- Study history and methodology -- MTOQ5 general description worksheet and MTOQ10 field note template. Preface: Appendix A: Appendix B:

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Urban youth--Social conditions.--United States
Poor youth--Social conditions.--United States
Youth development--United States.
Education, Urban--United States.
Inner cities--United States.
Social mobility--United States.

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