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Abandoned : America's Lost Youth and the Crisis of Disconnection.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, Anne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young adults--United States--Social conditions.
- Young adults.
- At-risk youth--United States.
- At-risk youth.
- Poor youth--United States--Social conditions.
- Poor youth.
- Youth--Services for--United States.
- Youth.
- United States--Social conditions--1980-.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : New Press, The, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A deeply affecting exposé of America's hidden crisis of disconnected youth, in the tradition of Matthew Desmond and Adrian Nicole LeBlanc"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Embarking. Emergence and divergence
- An epidemic of disconnection
- Drifting: avenues to disconnection. Marooned: place and opportunity
- An urban opportunity desert
- When work disappears
- Abandoned by the state: "aging out"
- "Justice"
- Anchored: paths to reconnection. Throwing lifelines
- Intensive care
- Super mentors
- The apprentice and the intern
- A Texas turnaround to make schools work
- A new youth agenda. The "fierce urgency of now"
- Seven steps for ending disconnection.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62097-568-8
- OCLC:
- 1141062515
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