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Generational poverty : an economic look at the culture of the poor / Adam Vass Gal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (vi, 130 pages .)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781622731640
  • 1622731646
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Generational poverty.DDC classification:
  • 339.4/6 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.P6 V35 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee -- Meeting my little -- Interview day -- Jermaine -- Na'Licia -- Tremaine -- Aaron -- Chastity -- Speaking the same language -- Soul food -- The culture of politics -- Dress and success -- Social mobility and economic success -- Childhood development -- Nashville gang life -- The curse of Uncle Tom -- What's in a name? -- Program results and impressions.
Summary: "Covers the author's eye-opening experiences with a young man named Jermaine and his family, initiated through the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) program ... to see first-hand some of the obstacles Jermaine's family are creating for themselves, while at the same time battling many of today's social constructs."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Covers the author's eye-opening experiences with a young man named Jermaine and his family, initiated through the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) program ... to see first-hand some of the obstacles Jermaine's family are creating for themselves, while at the same time battling many of today's social constructs."--Back cover.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee -- Meeting my little -- Interview day -- Jermaine -- Na'Licia -- Tremaine -- Aaron -- Chastity -- Speaking the same language -- Soul food -- The culture of politics -- Dress and success -- Social mobility and economic success -- Childhood development -- Nashville gang life -- The curse of Uncle Tom -- What's in a name? -- Program results and impressions.

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