Ain't no makin' it
Subtitle: aspirations and attainment in a low income neighborhood
By: Jay MacLeod.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813343587
Subjects: 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
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Ain't no making it
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Social immobility in the land of opportunity; title: Social reproduction in theoretical perspective; title: Teenagers in Clarendon Heights : the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers; title: The influence of the family; title: The world of work : aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers; title: School : preparing for the competition; title: Leveled aspirations : social reproduction takes its toll; title: Reproduction theory reconsidered; title: The Hallway Hangers : dealing in despair; title: The Brothers : dreams deferred; title: Conclusion : outclassed and outcast(e); title: The Hallway Hangers : "weeble, wobble, but we don't fall down"; title: The Brothers : finally finding a foothold; title: Title TK.