| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 537 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Now fully updated featuring new interviews with the brothers and Hallway Hangers"--Cover. |
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"A member of the Perseus Books Group." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: Unlimited (purchased) |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- United States -- Case studies.
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Urban poor. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Youth with social disabilities -- United States -- Case studies.
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Youth with social disabilities. |
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Social mobility -- United States -- Case studies.
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Social mobility. |
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Equality -- United States -- Case studies.
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Equality. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Case studies.
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Case studies.
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| Added Title |
Ain't no making it |
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Aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood |
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Aspirations and attainment in a low-income neighborhood |
| Other Form: |
Print version: MacLeod, Jay. Ain't no makin' it. 3rd ed. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, ©2009 9780813343587 0813343585 (DLC) 2008015528 (OCoLC)225852342 |
| ISBN |
9780786731794 (electronic book) |
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0786731796 (electronic book) |
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9780813343587 |
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0813343585 |
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