Paths to success: beating the odds in american society
Auteur :
Harrington, Charles C. / Boardman, Susan K.
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674004139
Date de publication :
16 oct. 2000
Dimensions :
22,5 x 14,9 cm
Poids :
313 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Statisticians tell us that impoverished backgrounds are decent predictors of impoverished futures. This book seeks out the stories behind the exceptions. While the authors reveal consistencies between pathmakers' approaches and those of their middle-class counterparts, it also exposes striking differences between men and women, blacks and whites.