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Ain't no makin' it [electronic resource] : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood / Jay MacLeod.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 537 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780786731794 (electronic bk.)
  • 0786731796 (electronic bk.)
Other title:
  • Ain't no making it
  • Aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood
  • Aspirations and attainment in a low-income neighborhood
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.5/690973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV4045 .M33 2009eb
Online resources:
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.
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"Now fully updated featuring new interviews with the brothers and Hallway Hangers"--Cover.

"A member of the Perseus Books Group."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-519) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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