The burden of academic success : loyalists, renegades, and double agents / / Allison L. Hurst
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| Autore: |
Hurst Allison L. <1969->
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| Titolo: |
The burden of academic success : loyalists, renegades, and double agents / / Allison L. Hurst
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.1/982623 |
| Soggetto topico: | Working class - Education (Higher) - United States |
| Academic achievement - Social aspects - United States | |
| Social classes - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Historical and social background -- Class stereotypes of intelligence and the possibilities of education -- Opposing cultures -- Divided loyalties -- Gowns and gates -- The burden of academic success. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Burden of Academic Success: Loyalists, Renegades, and Double Agents explores working-class college students' understandings of class and social mobility through in-depth interviews rich in ethnographic detail. This book is a compelling read for students and a much-needed addition to our understanding of how class operates today, both inside and outside of the classroom. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The burden of academic success |
| ISBN: | 9798765183854 |
| 0-7391-4061-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910969770703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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