Ain't No Makin' It: Leveled Aspirations In A Low-income Neighborhood

By (author): "Jay MacLeod"

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Ain't No Makin' It: Leveled Aspirations In A Low-income Neighborhood

ISBN0813371635

ISBN139780813371634

AsinAin't No Makin' It: Leveled Aspirations In A Low-income Neighborhood

Original titleAin't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood

Jay MacLeod's account of how American life looks from the bottom - of anticipated immobility rather than mobility- addresses one of the most important questions in modern social theory and policy: How is class inequality reproduced over generations?