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The long shadow : family background, disadvantaged urban youth, and the transition to adulthood / Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Karl L., author.
- Entwisle, Doris R., author.
- Olson, Linda Steffel, author.
- Series:
- Rose series in sociology
- American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth with social disabilities--Maryland--Baltimore.
- Youth with social disabilities.
- Youth with social disabilities--Education--Maryland--Baltimore.
- Poor youth--Maryland--Baltimore--Social conditions.
- Poor youth.
- Poor families--Social aspects--Maryland--Baltimore.
- Poor families.
- Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- Youth with social disabilities--Education.
- Maryland.
- Maryland--Baltimore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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 populations. Combining original interviews with Baltimore families, teachers, and other community members with the empirical data gathered from the authors' groundbreaking twenty-five-year study, The Long Shadow unravels the complex connections between socioeconomic origins and socioeconomic destinations to reveal a startling and much-needed examination of who succeeds and why. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The long shadow and urban disadvantage
- The Baltimore backdrop
- Family disadvantage
- Neighborhood and school
- Transitioning to adulthood
- Socioeconomic destinations
- Origins to destinations across generations
- Stratification by race and gender
- Life-course perspective of urban disadvantage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1610448235
- 9781610448239
- Publisher Number:
- 99976954623
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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