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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812669303321

Autore

Alexander Karl L.

Titolo

The long shadow : family background, disadvantaged urban youth, and the transition to adulthood / / Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61044-823-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology

Disciplina

362.740835/097526

Soggetti

Youth with social disabilities - Maryland - Baltimore

Youth with social disabilities - Education - Maryland - Baltimore

Poor youth - Maryland - Baltimore - Social conditions

Poor families - Social aspects - Maryland - Baltimore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The long shadow and urban disadvantage -- Urban disadvantage at the outset : the Baltimore backdrop -- Urban disadvantage as family disadvantage -- Stepping outside : urban disadvantage in neighborhood and school -- Transitioning to adulthood -- Socioeconomic destinations : the BSSYP a quarter century later -- The long shadow realized : status attainment in the BSSYP -- Race and gender stratification in urban disadvantage -- The reproduction of urban disadvantage.