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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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    Empowerment of North American Indian girls ritual expressions at puberty / by Markstrom, Carol A.

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…Contextual and methodological considerations -- Contemporary youth concerns in historical perspective -- North American Indian perspectives on human development -- Menstruation, cosmology, and feminism -- Historical overview of coming-of-age practices -- The Apache Sunrise Dance -- Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Dance -- Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa puberty customs -- Broader perspectives on coming-of-age.…”
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    A new engagement? political participation, civic life, and the changing American citizen /

    Published 2006
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Coming of age in a post-boomer world -- Engagement in public life -- Through the looking glass -- Generational pathways to participation -- Where do young people stand politically? …”
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    A short history of physics in the American century by Cassidy, David C., 1945-

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Entering the new century -- American physics comes of age -- Surviving the depression -- The physicists war -- Taming the endless frontier -- The new physics -- Sputnik : action and reaction -- Revising the partnership.…”
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    Deluxe Jim Crow civil rights and American health policy, 1935-1954 / by Thomas, Karen Kruse

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…The nation's number one -- pt. 2. Deluxe Jim Crow comes of age, 1938-1945 -- pt. 3. Deluxe Jim Crow under Harry S. …”
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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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    The fertility doctor : John Rock and the reproductive revolution / by Marsh, Margaret S., 1945-, Ronner, Wanda

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…Family matters -- Choosing medicine, coming of age -- New discoveries in human reproduction -- Firing the first shot in the reproductive revolution -- The world of the patients -- The fertility doctor meets the pill -- The era of the pill begins -- The face and voice of the pill -- The pill falls from grace -- A true visionary.…”
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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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