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

by Jay MacLeod · 1987

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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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sociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thiseducationeducationMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
social justicesocial justiceMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thispovertypovertyMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thissocial issuessocial issuesMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 537 pages

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