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Author:
Smith, Sandra Susan
Title:
Lone pursuit : distrust and defensive individualism among the black poor / Sandra Susan Smith.
Publisher:
Russell Sage Foundation,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
xvi, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
African Americans--Employment--Michigan.
Unemployed--Psychology--Michigan.
Unemployed--Services for--Michigan.
Discrimination in employment--Michigan.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-240) and index.
Contents:
Explaining persistent black joblessness -- Pervasive distrust and noncooperation among the black poor -- The job-holder : espousing American individualism -- The job-seeker : embracing individualism defensively -- The job center : barriers to employment and the (im)mobilization of institutional social capital -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
0871547732 (alk. paper)
9780871547736 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)85830680
LCCN:
2007008380
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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