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Author MacLeod, Jay.

Title Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood / Jay MacLeod
Edition 3rd ed
Published Boulder, CO : Westview Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 537 pages)
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
Summary Author Jay MacLeod 's classic ethnography--a defining work on the cycle of social reproduction and inequality as lived through the young men from the Clarendon Heights housing project--now includes a third section that continues the lives of the original Brothers and Hallway Hangers through new interviews and analysis
Notes "Now fully updated featuring new interviews with the brothers and Hallway Hangers"--Cover
"A member of the Perseus Books Group."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-519) and index
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SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Subject Urban poor -- United States -- Case studies
Youth with social disabilities -- United States -- Case studies
Social mobility -- United States -- Case studies
Equality -- United States -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
Equality
Social mobility
Urban poor
Youth with social disabilities
Armut
Social rörlighet -- Förenta staterna.
Fattigdom -- Förenta staterna.
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780786731794
0786731796
9780429964008
0429964005
9780429986161
0429986165
Other Titles Ain't no making it
Aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood
Aspirations and attainment in a low-income neighborhood