The Prime of Life: A History of Modern Adulthood

by Steven Mintz and Steven Mintz

Book Overview

Adulthood today is undergoing profound transformations. Men and women wait until their thirties to marry, have children, and establish full-time careers, occupying a prolonged period in which they are no longer adolescents but still lack the traditional emblems of adult identity. People at midlife struggle to sustain relationships with friends and partners, to find employment and fulfilling careers, to raise their children successfully, and to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674047672
• ISBN13: 9780674047679
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"