Author:
DeLuca, Stefanie, author.
Imprint:New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2016]
Descriptionxx, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and index.
