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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	HV4045 .M33 2009		AVAILABLE

Author	MacLeod, Jay.
Title	Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood / Jay MacLeod.
Edition	Third edition.
OCLC	225852342
ISBN	9780813343587
	0813343585
Publisher	Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2009]
	�2009
Description	xiv, 537 pages ; 23 cm
LC Subject heading/s	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.
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.

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