Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations And Attainment In A Low-income Neighborhood - 3rd edition

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Pt. 1 The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers as Teenagers
1 Social Immobility in the Land of Opportunity 3
2 Social Reproduction in Theoretical Perspective 11
3 Teenagers in Clarendon Heights: The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers 25
4 The Influence of the Family 50
5 The World of Work: Aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers 61
6 School: Preparing for the Competition 83
7 Leveled Aspirations: Social Reproduction Takes Its Toll 112
8 Reproduction Theory Reconsidered 135
Pt. 2 Eight Years Later: Low Income, Low Outcome
9 The Hallway Hangers: Dealing in Despair 155
10 The Brothers: Dreams Deferred 196
11 Conclusion: Outclassed and Outcast(e) 239
Appendix: On the Making of Ain't No Makin' It 270
Fieldwork: Doubts, Dilemmas, and Discoveries 270
Second Harvest: Notes on the 1991 Field Experience 293
Bibliography 303
About the Book and Author 310
Index 311

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