What does it mean to become an adult in the face of economic uncertainty and increasing racial and immigrant diversity? Nearly half of all young people in the United States are racial minorities, and one in four are from immigrant families. Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America offers a comprehensive overview of young people across racial and immigrant groups and their paths through traditional markers of adulthood—from finishing education, working full time, and establishing residential independence to getting married and having children. Taking a look at the diversity of experiences, the authors uncover how the transition to adulthood is increasingly fragmented, especially among those without college degrees. This book will introduce students to immigrant, racial, and ethnic diversity in the transition to adulthood in contemporary America.
Phoebe Ho is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. Her research focuses on family experiences with education and schooling in the United States, with a particular emphasis on race, ethnicity, immigrant status, and social class.
Hyunjoon Park is Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology and Director of the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include social stratification, education, family, and the transition to adulthood, especially in East Asian societies.
Grace Kao is IBM Professor of Sociology and Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University. She is a past vice president of the American Sociological Association. Her research focuses on race, ethnicity, immigration, education, and youth outcomes.
"Phoebe Ho, Hyunjoon Park, and Grace Kao provide one of the best succinct descriptions I have ever read of historical trends in immigration policy and the ways that populations diversify over time."—Robert Crosnoe, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Rapoport Centennial Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
"Ho, Park, and Kao provide a compelling story of the different paths to adulthood in America today. Written with engaging prose, the book documents how the decline in universal marriage and childbearing, along with increasing income inequality, has yielded not only greater diversity in living arrangements among young adults, but also how this diversity varies by race, educational attainment, and immigrant generation. This will be a valuable course book for students of immigration and inequality."—John Iceland, series editor, Sociology in the Twenty-First Century
256 pp.6 x 9
9780520302662$29.95|£25.00Paper
Aug 2022