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Indebted : how families make college work at any cost

Title
Indebted : how families make college work at any cost / Caitlin Zaloom.
Author
Zaloom, Caitlin
Publication
  • Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2019]
  • © 2019

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Princeton University Press.
Description
ix, 267 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Taking readers into the homes of middle-class families to reveal the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed family life, the author describes the profound moral conflicts for parents who take on enormous debts and gamble on an investment that might not pay off.
Alternative Title
How families make college work at any cost
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-255) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Best-laid plans -- The model family -- Enmeshed autonomy -- Race and upward mobility -- Cultivating potential -- Conclusion: A right to the future.
Call Number
JFD 19-5572
ISBN
  • 9780691164311
  • 0691164312
LCCN
2019931718
OCLC
1089417609
Author
Zaloom, Caitlin, author.
Title
Indebted : how families make college work at any cost / Caitlin Zaloom.
Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
© 2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-255) and index.
Added Author
Princeton University Press.
Research Call Number
JFD 19-5572
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