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    Coming of age in America the transition to adulthood in the twenty-first century /

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Kefalas -- Straight from the heartland : coming of age in Ellis, Iowa / Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. …”
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    Global rift : the third world comes of age / by Stavrianos, L.S

    Published 1981
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    A pivotal moment population, justice, and the environmental challenge /

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…The largest generation comes of age /…”
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    A history of Australasian economic thought / by Millmow, Alex

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Setting the scene -- The professionalization of Australasian economics -- The practical utopia of economics -- Ordeal by fire : Australasian economists and the great depression -- How Keynes came to Australasia -- War, reconstruction and economic theory -- A coming of age for Australasian economics -- The flowering of Australasian economics -- Hardly the age of aquarius -- The age of economic reform -- Australasian economics at century's end -- Index.…”
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    Airlines and air mail : the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry / by Van der Linden, F. Robert

    Published 2002
    Table of Contents: “…Foundations -- The birth of an industry -- The aviation industry comes of age -- Consolidation -- 1929 : calm before the storm -- The post office takes charge -- The Watres Act -- Realignment -- Drawing a new map -- Reaction -- Cord and Congress -- The Democrats take control -- Congress assumes command.…”
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    Glass ceilings and 100-hour couples what the opt-out phenomenon can teach us about work and family / by Moe, Karine S.

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Numbers too big to ignore -- Why opting out is an everywoman issue -- The 100-hour couple -- Glass ceilings and maternal walls -- Second shift redux -- Child care dilemmas -- Mama time -- The hectic household -- The professionalization of at-home motherhood -- Financial costs -- Negotiating without a paycheck -- Reigniting the career -- Creative strategies for making work "work" -- Coming of age in America.…”
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    Ben Love my life in Texas Commerce / by Love, Benton F., 1924-

    Published 2005
    Table of Contents: “…Growing up in Paris -- Coming of age during World War II -- Growing old over Europe -- Back to the real world -- From business to banking -- Downtown to Texas Commerce -- Solidifying the base, 1968-72 -- The glory years, 1972-84 -- A new home for Texas Commerce -- The economic downturn and merging with Chemical Bank, 1983-89 -- Striking a balance : investing in politics and the community -- The lessons of a life.…”
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    The big three in economics Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes / by Skousen, Mark

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…Adam Smith declares an economic revolution in 1776 -- From Smith to Marx: the rise and fall of classical economics -- Karl Marx leads a revolt against capitalism -- From Marx to Keynes: scientific economics comes of age -- John Maynard Keynes: capitalism faces its greatest challenge -- Conclusion: has Adam Smith triumphed over Marx and Keynes?.…”
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    Mr. New York : Lew Rudin and his love for the city / by Lachman, Seymour

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Take care of our city -- Family roots -- Entree to politics and policy -- Birth of the association for a better New York -- New York's film and television industry comes of age in New York City -- Advent of the fiscal crisis -- Pre-payment of property taxes, and the road back to prosperity -- New York City marathon -- International tennis becomes synonymous with New York -- Protecting local and state tax deductions -- Living landmark.…”
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    Youth and empire : trans-colonial childhoods in British and French Asia / by Pomfret, David M., 1973-

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : childhood and the reordering of empire -- Tropical childhoods : health, hygiene and nature -- Cultural contagions : children in the colonial home -- Magic islands : children on display in colonialisms' cultures -- Trouble in fairyland : cultures of childhood in interwar Asia -- Intimate heights : children, nature and colonial urban planning -- Sick traffic : 'child slavery' and imperial networks -- Class reactions : education and colonial 'comings of age' -- Raising Eurasia : childhood, youth and the mixed race question.…”
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    Girlhood a global history /

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Duff -- Stolen girlhood : Australia's assimilation policies and aboriginal girls / Christine Cheater -- Fathers, daughters, and institutions : coming of age in Mombasa's colonial schools / Corrie Decker -- Mothers of warriors : girls in a youth debate of interwar Iraq / Peter Wien -- "'Homemaker' can include the world" : female citizenship and internationalism in the postwar camp fire girls / Jennifer Helgren -- From chattel to 'breeding wenches' : abolitionism, girlhood, and Jamaican slavery / Colleen A. …”
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