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The making of a teenage service class : poverty and mobility in an American city /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ray, Ranita, 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Poor youth > United States > Case studies.
Urban youth > United States > Case studies.
Poverty > United States.
African American students > Education > Case studies.
Hispanic American students > Education > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The mobility puzzle and irreconcilable choices
  • Port city rising from the ashes
  • Sibling ties
  • Risky love
  • Saved by college
  • The making of a teenage service class
  • Internalizing uncertainty: bad genes, hunger, and homelessness
  • Uncertain success
  • Dismantling the construction of "At risk" discourse.