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Author Price, Jeremy Nicholas.

Title Against the odds : the meaning of school and relationships in the lives of six young African-American men / Jeremy N. Price.

Publication Info. Stamford, Conn. : Ablex Pub. Corp., [2000]
©2000

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  373.1829 P945A    Check Shelf
Description ix, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Issues in curriculum theory, policy, and research
Issues in curriculum theory, policy, and research.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index.
Contents The six young men -- The politics of a white researcher learning about young African-American men's experiences of school -- Situated meaning of the high school diploma -- Accommodation and critique of life in classrooms -- Building connections -- Images of self, images of others -- Power, privilege, and inequality.
Subject African American young men -- Education (Secondary) -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
African American students -- Psychology -- Case studies.
Motivation in education -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN 1567504965 cloth
1567504973 paper
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