The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood

Name: The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood
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ISBN: 9780871540331

ISBN-10: 0871540339

ISBN-13: 9780871540331

Edition: 2014

Authors: Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, Linda Olson

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West Baltimore stands out in the popular imagination as the quintessential "inner city"-gritty, run-down, and marred by drugs and gang violence. Indeed, with the collapse of manufacturing jobs in the 1970s, the area experienced a rapid onset of poverty and high unemployment, with few public resources available to alleviate economic distress. But in stark contrast to the image of a perpetual "urban underclass" depicted in television by shows like The Wire, sociologists Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson present a more nuanced portrait of Baltimore's inner city residents that employs important new research on the significance of early-life opportunities available to low-income…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English