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Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood
- Title
- Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood / Jay MacLeod.
- Author
- MacLeod, Jay.
- Publication
- Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 537 p.; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Ain't no making it
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-519) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-1238
- ISBN
- 9780813343587
- 0813343585
- LCCN
- 2008015528
- OCLC
- 225852342
- Author
- MacLeod, Jay.
- Title
- Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood / Jay MacLeod.
- Imprint
- Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2009.
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-519) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-1238