Dreamkeeping in the inner city: Diminishing the divide between aspirations and expectations

Coping with Poverty: The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Work, and Family in the African-American Community

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-140

  O’Connor, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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