Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City

Author:   Kathryn Edin ,  Timothy J. Nelson
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520274068


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 June 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kathryn Edin ,  Timothy J. Nelson
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520274068


ISBN 10:   0520274067
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. One Thing Leads to Another 2. Thank You, Jesus 3. The Stupid Shit 4. Ward Cleaver 5. Sesame Street Mornings 6. Fight or Flight 7. Try, Try Again 8. The New Package Deal Appendix Notes References Index

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An essential book. -- Harold Pollack * The Washington Post/WonkBlog * An essential book. -- Harold Pollack The Washington Post/WonkBlog


An essential book. --Harold Pollack The Washington Post/WonkBlog (07/01/2013)


Author Information

Kathryn Edin is Distinguished Bloomberg Professor in the Department of Sociology and also teaches in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She is the coauthor of Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City, Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage, and Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work. Timothy Nelson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Every Time I Feel the Spirit: Religious Experience and Ritual in an African American Church.

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