Lost in transition : the dark side of emerging adulthood / Christian Smith ; with Kari Christoffersen, Hilary Davidson, and Patricia Snell Herzog.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: 284 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199828029 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 0199828024 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 799.7 .S65 2011
Contents:
Morality adrift -- Captive to consumerism -- Intoxication's "fake feeling of happiness" -- The shadow side of sexual liberation -- Civic and political disengagement.
Summary: In Lost 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 whole. --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Morality adrift -- Captive to consumerism -- Intoxication's "fake feeling of happiness" -- The shadow side of sexual liberation -- Civic and political disengagement.

In Lost 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 whole. --from publisher description

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