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- ISBN: 9780415806725 | 0415806720
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 7/26/2012
While stories of working-class and minority students overcoming obstacles to attend and graduate from college tend to emphasize the individualistic and meritocratic aspect, this book - based in extensive empiral study of American high school classrooms, and in theories of social and cultural capital - examines the social relations that often underpin such sucesses, highlighting the significant formal and informal academic interventions by educators and other education professionals.