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10%OFFElsa Davidson - The Burdens of Aspiration. Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley.  - 9780814720882 - V9780814720882
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The Burdens of Aspiration. Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley.

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Description for The Burdens of Aspiration. Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley. Paperback. An in-depth look at how aspirations are developed in public schools in Silicon Valley through emphasis of the region's success-driven culture and economic insecurities Num Pages: 261 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFJ; JFSC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.

During the tech boom, Silicon Valley became one of the most concentrated zones of wealth polarization and social inequality in the United States—a place with a fast-disappearing middle class, persistent pockets of poverty, and striking gaps in educational and occupational achievement along class and racial lines. Low-wage workers and their families experienced a profound sense of exclusion from the techno-entrepreneurial culture, while middle class residents, witnessing up close the seemingly overnight success of a “new entrepreneurial” class, negotiated both new and seemingly unattainable standards of personal success and the erosion of their own economic security.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814720882
SKU
V9780814720882
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Elsa Davidson
Elsa Davidson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey.

Reviews for The Burdens of Aspiration. Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley.
Wonderfully imaginative and skillfully done, Davidson offers a searing assessment of the aspirations and asymmetries in attainment for working-class and middle-class youth as they navigate the real and imaginary geography of Silicon Valleys techno-entrepreneurial landscape, confronting vast economic uncertainties in search of success.
Amy L. Best,author of Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars ... Read more

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