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

Contemporary Sociology A Journal of ReviewsPublished 1 March 1996
Deirdre Royster, Jay MacLeod
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Abstract

The Hallway Hangers And The Brothers As Teenagers * Social Immobility in the Land of Opportunity * Social Reproduction in Theoretical Perspective * Teenagers in Clarendon Heights: The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers * The Influence of the Family * The World of Work: Aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers * School: Preparing for the Competition * Leveled Aspirations: Social Reproduction Takes Its Toll * Reproduction Theory Reconsidered Eight Years Later: Low Income, Low Outcome * The Hallway Hangers: Dealing in Despair * The Brothers: Dreams Deferred * Conclusion: Outclassed and Outcast(e)

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Social Sciences