Coming of Age in the Other America

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Product Details
Price
$40.25
Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
Publish Date
Pages
296
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 1.0 inches | 1.15 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780871544650

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About the Author
STEFANIE DELUCA is associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University. SUSAN CLAMPET-LUNDQUIST is associate professor of sociology at Saint Joseph's University. KATHRYN EDIN is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins Univer
Reviews

"Tracing the journeys to adulthood of 150 impoverished kids from inner-city Baltimore, this powerful book illuminates the importance of both neighborhood and personal identity. These kids are our kids too, and this book helps us understand their lives more fully."

--ROBERT D. PUTNAM, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University


"Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin have written a deeply empathetic and insightful book providing a nuanced portrait of the tremendous resilience and untapped potential of low-income minority youth attempting to pursue the American Dream in the face of profound neighborhood and educational disadvantages in the other America. Their analysis suggests large gains from housing mobility and community development policies to improve the neighborhood environments experienced by disadvantaged children and youth."

--LAWRENCE F. KATZ, Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics, Harvard University


"Coming of Age in the Other America tells the complex story of becoming an adult today in cities like Baltimore, where opportunities for youth are extremely limited. In contrast to stereotypes about minority inner-city adolescents, many of these resilient youth escaped the pull of the streets and achieved far more than their own parents. Yet, given the myriad of barriers that they face, too many others fall short of their potential. The account is heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. Anyone who wishes to understand how and why the path to adulthood is constrained for youth in our cities today must read this remarkable book. Coming of Age in the Other America is riveting, distressing, and uplifting all at once."

--JEANNE BROOKS-GUNN, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development, Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons