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Extended schooling, adolescence, and the renegotiation of responsibility among Italian immigrant families in New Haven, Connecticut, 1910–1940
Author(s) -
Lassonde Stephen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.30
Subject(s) - immigration , haven , psychology , safe haven , developmental psychology , sociology , demographic economics , social psychology , political science , economics , mathematics , combinatorics , law , international economics
Young people's ideas about their obligations to parents are linked to the popularization of high school as an institutional space for adolescence. This chapter examines the growing acceptance of the concept of adolescence among Italian immigrants historically as a salient example of a broader cultural change.