Crosnoe

＂This book discusses the transition to adulthood- the period of life in which young people are gradually taking on the roles that we historically have associated with adulthood (worker, family member, and citizen) while engaging in the building blocks of experiences culturally used to defined adulthood (independent, integrated, and responsible). The authors explore how this transition has gradually evolved over recent decades and how this gradual evolution might have been disrupted by the specific historical ＂shock＂ of the Great Recession. Using population surveys of young people in the United States along with other data, the authors discuss several findings, including that the historical change in the transition into adulthood has been accelerating, that the diverse US population displays heterogeneity in young adulthood while still largely being characterized by a few basic paths, that young adults elevate socioeconomic attainment over other experiences, and that the psychic toll of hard experiences is processed through positive or negative framing in ways that do not neatly reflect socioeconomic and demographic circumstances＂-- Provided by publisher.

ROBERT CROSNOE is the Rapoport Centennial Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin

SHANNON E. CAVANAGH is a professor and chair of the sociology department, University of Texas at Austin