Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success Volume 1998

by Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Thomas D. Cook, Frank F. Furstenberg, et al.

Book Overview

One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study--the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series--focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226273911
• ISBN13: 9780226273914
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"