Life Transitions in America

ISBN: 9780745670621 出版年：2014 页码：274 Francesco Duina Wiley

Figures and Tables vi Acknowledgments vii I Introduction 1. Discourse and Transitions in Life 3 II Eight Transitions 2. Starting College 23 3. Getting Married 41 4. The First Child 62 5. Losing a Job 85 6. Surviving a Life-Threatening Disease 106 7. Divorce 125 8. Parents' Death 143 9. Retirement 160 III Conclusion 10. Transitions in America 181 Appendix: Data Sources Overview 194 Notes 205 References 230 Index 255