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Ain't No Makin' It Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood

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ISBN-10: 0813315158

ISBN-13: 9780813315157

Edition: 2nd 1995 (Revised)

Authors: Jay MacLeod

List price: $36.00
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Description:

This expanded edition of Jay MacLeod's landmark study adds three new chapters that follow the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers into adulthood.
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Book details

List price: $36.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 6/21/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990

Preface
Acknowledgments
The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers as Teenagers
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
Eight Years Later: Low Income, Low Outcome
The Hallway Hangers: Dealing in Despair
The Brothers: Dreams Deferred
Conclusion: Outclassed and Outcast (e)
Notes
Appendix: On the Making of Ain't No Makin' It
Notes
Bibliography
About the Book and Author
Index