Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood
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Third edition |
Westview Press,
Boulder, CO :
c2009.
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008015528.html - Table of contents only
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- ISBN: 9780813343587
- Physical Description: xiv, 537 pages ; 23 cm.print
- Edition: Third edition
- Publisher: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2009.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-519) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Social immobility in the land of opportunity -- Social reproduction in theoretical perspective -- Teenagers in Clarendon Heights : the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers -- The influence of the family -- The world of work : aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers -- School : preparing for the competition -- Leveled aspirations : social reproduction takes its toll -- Reproduction theory reconsidered -- The Hallway Hangers : dealing in despair -- The Brothers : dreams deferred -- Conclusion : outclassed and outcast(e) -- The Hallway Hangers : weeble, wobble, but we don't fall down -- The Brothers : finally finding a foothold -- Reproduction, redemption, and respect.