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1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who's Responsible for Kids?; CHAPTER 1 Back in the Day; Disciplining Youth and Families in the Flatlands; CHAPTER 2 Trying to Get up the Hill; Dangerous Times: Reconstructing Childhood in a Volunteer State; CHAPTER 3 Protecting Children in the Hills; Youth in a "Private Estate" in the Oakland Hills; CHAPTER 4 Cruising down the Boulevard; Potential Thugs and Gangsters: Youth and the Spatial Politics of Urban Development; CHAPTER 5 What Is "the Power of the Youth"?; Conclusion: Hope and Fear; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L |
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MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author |
| Summary |
How do you tell the difference between a "good kid" and a "potential thug"? In Dangerous or Endangered?, Jennifer Tilton considers the ways in which children are increasingly viewed as dangerous and yet, simultaneously, as endangered and in need of protection by the state. Tilton draws on three years of ethnographic research in Oakland, California, one of the nation's most racially diverse cities, to examine how debates over the nature and needs of young people have fundamentally reshaped politics, transforming ideas of citizenship and the state in contemporary America. As parents and neighbo |
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American |
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Dangerous |
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Endangered |
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attention |
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between |
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careful |
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cities |
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class |
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complex |
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connections |
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contemporary |
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divides |
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explore |
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fears |
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gender |
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intricate |
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kids |
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order |
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other |
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pays |
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peoples |
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racial |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African American youth -- California -- Oakland
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Urban youth -- California -- Oakland
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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African American youth
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Urban youth
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California -- Oakland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814784273 |
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0814784275 |
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9780814783313 |
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0814783317 |
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