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The Long Shadow : Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth, and the Transition to Adulthood /

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 publ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alexander, Karl L.
Otros Autores: Olson, Linda Steffel, Entwisle, Doris R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.