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100 1  Black, Timothy. 
245 10 When a heart turns rock solid :|bthe lives of three Puerto
       Rican brothers on and off the streets /|cTimothy Black. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPantheon Books,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    xxxviii, 421 pages :|bmaps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-397) and 
       index. 
505 0  "I am a Jíbaro, but I get my hair cut in the city" -- The 
       lost generation -- Bilingual education and the school 
       dropout -- The tail of the drug trade -- The block -- 
       Leaving the streets -- Transitions -- The prison pipeline 
       -- Rebel without a cause -- When a heart turns rock solid 
       -- Good and bad. 
520    Employing a sociological storytelling method, Black, 
       associate professor of sociology at the University of 
       Hartford, recounts the lives of three Puerto Rican 
       brothers living in poor, gang-dominated Springfield, Mass.,
       whom he befriended and followed for 18 years. The book is 
       not so much about the brothers--Julio, Fausto and Sammy--
       and their friends as it is about the cultural and social 
       forces and the economic and political policies that in the
       latter decades of the 20th century determined the boys' 
       fates and the fates of thousands of others. Flawed 
       bilingual education programs doomed them to virtual 
       illiteracy, while harsh drug laws warehoused them in a 
       rapidly expanding prison system. While the author provided
       concrete forms of assistance--especially for the two 
       younger brothers, who battled addiction--the pull of the 
       street as well as the inadequacy of their education led to
       failed or marginally productive lives, even for the 
       motivated eldest son, Julio. 
650  0 Puerto Ricans|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield. 
650  0 Puerto Ricans|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield|xSocial life and
       customs. 
650  0 Puerto Ricans|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield|xEconomic 
       conditions. 
650  9 Poor|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield. 
651  0 Springfield (Mass.)|xSocial conditions. 
690  7 Poor people|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield.|2local DEI term 
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