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Lost in Transition The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood

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ISBN-10: 0199828024

ISBN-13: 9780199828029

Edition: 2011

Authors: Christian Smith, Kari Christoffersen, Hilary Davidson, Patricia Snell Herzog

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Life for emerging adults is vastly different today than it was for their counterparts even a generation ago. Young people are waiting longer to marry, to have children, and to choose a career direction. As a result, they enjoy more freedom, opportunities, and personal growth than ever before. But the transition to adulthood is also more complex, disjointed, and confusing. InLost in Transition, Christian Smith and his collaborators draw on 230 in-depth interviews with a broad cross-section of emerging adults (ages 18-23) to investigate the difficulties young people face today, the underlying causes of those difficulties, and the consequences both for individuals and for American society as a…    
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Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.33" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Introduction
Morality Adrift
Captive to Consumerism
Intoxication's "Fake Feeling of Happiness"
The Shadow Side of Sexual Liberation
Civic and Political Disengagement
Conclusion
Notes
Index