Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools
Subtitle: Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780805846676
Subjects: Education; High schools; Educational anthropology; Education / Teaching; United States; Sociological aspects; Secondary; Education / Students & Student Life; Psychology & Psychiatry / Adolescent Psychology; General; Case studies; High school seniors; Social conditions
First sentence: There are longstanding cultural assumptions in the United States that adolescent coming of age is fraught with difficulties and that public high schools often do not go far enough to ensure smooth passages to adulthood.