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Giants among us : first-generation college graduates who lead activist lives
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- Creator
- Sandria Rodriguez
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2001
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 274 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0826513921, 0826513913, 9780826513915, 9780826513922, 0826591507, 9786612451928, 0585408041, 1282451928
- OCLC
- ocm47623766, ocn647847517, ocn606637117
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
- 1. Freedom's Genesis -- Motivation, Means, and Method: Studying Educational Attainment -- 2. The Economics of Oppression -- In Their Words: Stories of First-Generation College-Graduate Activists -- 3. Building a Rock Foundation -- Family, School, Community: Vehicles to Realized Potential -- 4. One Heart, One Love -- Access, Success, Egress: The Collegiate Experience -- 5. My Job Description -- Paying Back: A Sampler -- 6. Eyes Ahead of Us and Eyes Behind: In Pursuit of Happiness