Coming of age in the other America

Preface: "Baltimore city, you're breaking my heart" --

"Different privileges that different people inherit" : social reproduction and the transition to adulthood --

"More people that have stuff to live for here" : neighborhood change and intergenerational attainment --

"Following my passion" : how identity projects help youth beat the street and stay on track --

"You never know what's happening : this is Baltimore" : the vulnerability of youth without an identity project --

"It's kind of like crabs in a bucket" : how family and neighborhood disadvantage hinder the transition to adulthood --

"In and out before you know it" : the educational and occupational traps of expedited adulthood --

"If it can cause some kind of change" : policies to support identity projects and reduce educational and neighborhood inequality --

Appendix A: Study history and methodology --

Appendix B: MTOQ5 general description worksheet and MTOQ10 field note template.