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12%OFFAnisef, Paul; Axelrod, Paul; Baichman-Anisef, Etta; James, Carl E.; Turrittin, Anton H. - Opportunity and Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of '73 - 9780802083647 - V9780802083647
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Opportunity and Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of '73

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Description for Opportunity and Uncertainty: Life Course Experiences of the Class of '73 paperback. Based on the longest-running survey of its kind in Canada, this book examines events in the lives of a generation of Ontario residents who graduated from grade 12 in 1973 and recreates the world in which these high school students faced the future. Num Pages: 368 pages, 42 tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JHBC; JHBL; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.

Based on the longest running panel study of its kind in Canada, this book examines events in the lives of a generation of Ontario residents who graduated from grade twelve in 1973. The study recreates the world of the early 1970s in which these high school students faced the future. It recounts their educational and occupational experiences in the late 1970s, follows their vocational and career pathways during the subsequent decade, and searches for patterns in their personal and family lives through the late 1980s and early 1990s. By painting a portrait of a little-known cohort, this interdisciplinary project provides ... Read more

The study employs life course theory, which explores the dynamic relationship between the individual and the social order. Structural forces such as social class, gender, ethnicity, and race played an unmistakable role in the lives of the Class of '73. So, too, did human agency. Using survey research, historical documentation, in-depth interviews, and personal biographies, the authors seek to explain one generation's emergence from adolescence into adulthood in an era characterised by both opportunity and uncertainty.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802083647
SKU
V9780802083647
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About Anisef, Paul; Axelrod, Paul; Baichman-Anisef, Etta; James, Carl E.; Turrittin, Anton H.
Paul Anisef is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at York University. Paul Axelrod is a Professor at York University.

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