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The Burdens of Aspiration

Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley

By: Elsa Davidson

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The Burdens of Aspiration

Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley

By: Elsa Davidson

During the tech boom, Silicon Valley became one of the most concentrated zones of wealth polarization and social inequality in the United States—a place with a fast-disappearing middle class, persistent pockets of poverty, and striking gaps in educational and occupational achievement along class and racial lines. Low-wage workers and their families experienced a profound sense of exclusion from the techno-entrepreneurial culture, while middle class residents, witnessing up close the seemingly overnight success of a “new entrepreneurial” class, negotiated both new and seemingly unattainable standards of personal success and the erosion of their own economic security. The Burdens of Aspiration explores the imprint of the region’s success-driven public culture, the realities of increasing social and economic insecurity, and models of success emphasized in contemporary public schools for the region’s working and middle class youth. Focused on two disparate groups of students—low-income, “at-risk” Latino youth attending a specialized program exposing youth to high tech industry within an “under-performing” public high school, and middle-income white and Asian students attending a “high-performing” public school with informal connections to the tech elite—Elsa Davidson offers an in-depth look at the process of forming aspirations across lines of race and class. By analyzing the successes and sometimes unanticipated effects of the schools' attempts to shape the aspirations and values of their students, she provides keen insights into the role schooling plays in social reproduction, and how dynamics of race and class inform ideas about responsible citizenship that are instilled in America's youth.

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262

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NYU Press

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0814720889

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9780814720882

Mad for Speed

The Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo

By: Elsa A. Nystrom

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Mad for Speed

The Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo

By: Elsa A. Nystrom

This book covers Joan Newton Cuneo's life, and her roles (from 1905 to 1915) as the premier female racer in the United States and spokeswoman for women drivers and good roads. Beginning with her family history and marriage to Andrew Cuneo, it traces her life in New York society, the birth of her children, and Joan's growing interest in automobile touring and racing and partnership with Louis Disbrow, her racing mechanic. The book covers Joan's experiences in three Glidden Tours, including her notes on the 1907 tour, her first races, and her rivals. It also looks at the growth and change of automobile culture and the battles for control of racing among the American Automobile Association, the Automobile Club of America, and the American Automobile Manufacturers Association--which ended in banishing women racers shortly after Joan's greatest racing victories at New Orleans (in 1909). The book then follows Joan's attempts to continue racing, the end of her marriage, her move to the Upper Peninsula, and her remarriage and death. The book also includes a chapter on her female rivals in racing and touring.

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231

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McFarland

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0786470933

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9780786470938

Toxicological Risk Assessment of Chemicals

A Practical Guide

By: Elsa Nielsen,Grete Ostergaard,John Christian Larsen

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Toxicological Risk Assessment of Chemicals

A Practical Guide

By: Elsa Nielsen,Grete Ostergaard,John Christian Larsen

Unlike many existing books on toxicology that cover either toxicity of a particular substance or toxicity of chemicals on particular organ systems, Toxicological Risk Assessment of Chemicals: A Practical Guide lays out the principle activities of conducting a toxicological risk assessment, including international approaches and methods for the risk

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450

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CRC Press

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1420006940

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9781420006940

Sand Rush

The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles

By: Elsa Devienne

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Sand Rush

The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles

By: Elsa Devienne

An original approach to the iconic landscape of California--the beaches of Los Angeles--this book recovers untold stories of presidential jaunts, wild spring break celebrations, underground gay beaches, and engineering feats that enlarged the shores overnight. From the creation of a mini-Venice on the LA sands in 1905 to Baywatch's David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson captivating billions of television viewers worldwide in the 1990s, the book offers a comprehensive look at a landscape that is at once natural and artificial, but now under threat from climate change and rising sea levels.

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329

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Oxford University Press

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0197539750

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9780197539750

Diabetes and Aging, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

By: Elsa S. Strotmeyer

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Diabetes and Aging, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

By: Elsa S. Strotmeyer

This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Dr. Elsa S. Strotmeyer, is devoted to Medical Complications of Diabetes in Older Adults. Articles in this issue include: Glucose Dysregulation: Pathophysiology and Prevention; Diabetic Medications and Polypharmacy; Physical Function and Disability; Diabetes and Osteoarthritis; Adiposity, Muscle Mass, and Diabetes; Exercise and Weight Loss in Diabetes Management; Diabetes and Cognition; Diabetes and Depression; Sleep Apnea and Diabetes; Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease; and Diabetes and Balance and Falls.

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177

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323354572

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9780323354578

Father Knew Best

Wit and Wisdom from the Dads of Celebrities

By: David Hornfischer,Elsa Hornfischer

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Father Knew Best

Wit and Wisdom from the Dads of Celebrities

By: David Hornfischer,Elsa Hornfischer

The companion volume to "Mother Knew Best", this book offers a joyous celebration of fatherhood. Shedding light on the roles fathers have played in the formative years of famous people's lives, "Father Knew Best" offers 101 insightful quotations and stories from the fathers of such people as Oprah Winfrey, John Wayne, Michael Jordan and Mickey Mantle.

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324

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David and Elsa Hornfischer

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0452277728

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9780452277724

Reading for Survival

In Today's Society, Book 2

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

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Reading for Survival

In Today's Society, Book 2

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

This volume covers essential reading for people starting to live on their own - things like food advertisements, recipes, college applications, employment resumes, classified ads, rental agreements, billing statements, documents related to owning and operating a car, and government forms. Students learn to decipher the wide variety of written materials we all encounter in daily life with 60 ready-to-reproduce documents accompanied by reproducible activity sheets. Well-suited for ESL, ELL, and adult education. Answer keys. Illustrated. Grades 8 and up. 262 pages.

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274

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Good Year Books

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1596472871

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9781596472877

A Match Made in Montana

By: Elsa Winckler

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A Match Made in Montana

By: Elsa Winckler

She’s never forgotten the way the sun lit up Copper Mountain… Seeking a new beginning after the death of her parents, Annie Miller impulsively moves to Marietta and sets up a bed-and-breakfast in picturesque Bramble Lane. With her brother and sister by her side, it’s a place to heal and forget the fiancé who left her just weeks before their wedding day. Now all she really needs are some customers… Marketing whiz Craig O’Sullivan is wedded to his work in Portland, but with the cousin he sees as a brother getting married soon, he heads to Marietta for a two-week vacation. As long as his beloved Aunt Janice doesn’t decide to play matchmaker on his behalf he’ll be fine. But when Janice sets him up to help sweet Annie Miller market her B&B, he doesn’t mind at all. There’s something about Annie that makes him want to sell her on the idea of happily ever after. With him. Craig’s life is in Portland, Annie is bound to Marietta. Can they trust themselves and each other enough to open their hearts and let love in?

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183

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Tule Publishing

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195998828X

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9781959988281

Reading for Survival in Today's Society

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

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Reading for Survival in Today's Society

By: Elsa Woods,Beverly Lancaster

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

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276

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Good Year Books

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0673360784

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9780673360786

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Fifty Years and Beyond

By: Yael Danieli,Elsa Stamatopoulou,Clarence Dias

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Fifty Years and Beyond

By: Yael Danieli,Elsa Stamatopoulou,Clarence Dias

Containing contributions by specialists from the intergovernmental and non-governmental worlds and voices of victim/survivors, the book critically reviews the international and regional human rights systems established over the past 50 years in terms of their effectiveness for the victims of human rights violations, and provides future directions for the promotion and protection of human rights.

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529

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Routledge

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1351840967

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9781351840965

Metal Poisoning in Fish

By: Elsa M. B. Sorensen

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Metal Poisoning in Fish

By: Elsa M. B. Sorensen

Metal Poisoning in Fish provides a comprehensive look at many aspects of metal poisoning of euryhaline and stenohaline fish. Metals and metalloids are considered individually and collectively and include arsenic, lead, selenium, copper, cadmium, mercury, and zinc. This informative, readable volume is designed to help regulatory personnel, enforcement personnel, and scientists understand the impact of these elements on fish. Topics covered include mechanisms of action, toxicity, biological effects, accumulation, tissue distribution, concentration factors, maximum acceptable toxicant concentrations, application factors, biological half-lives, uptake kinetics, depuration kinetics, elemental speciation, and detoxification mechanisms. The book emphasizes the use of data gathered from a variety of sources to pinpoint specific elemental agents as causal factors in the morbidity and mortality of fish.

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392

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CRC Press

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0849342686

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9780849342684

Mother Knew Best

Wit and Wisdom from the Moms of Celebrities

By: Elsa Hornfischer,David Hornfischer

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Mother Knew Best

Wit and Wisdom from the Moms of Celebrities

By: Elsa Hornfischer,David Hornfischer

How do our mothers' words shape our lives as adults? This inspiring collection features 101 true stories about the mothers of the famously successful, illustrating how their wisdom, advice, support - and even discouragement - touched and shaped their children's lives. This timeless book - a perfect gift, and a treasury of advice for today's moms - features motherly quotations and anecdotes grouped into seven basic virtues: Ambition, Courage, Devotion, Faith, Perspective, Responsibility, and Self-Discipline. We hear from the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr. ("You must never feel that you are less than anybody else"), Elvis Presley ("Son, take this guitar - you're not going to get a rifle"), and many other moms of children we all know. The first of its kind and full of surprises, this joyous celebration of motherhood is sure to find a place in the hearts of all mothers and their children.

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308

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David and Elsa Hornfischer

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0452276187

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9780452276185

Creative Quilting

By: Elsa Brown

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Creative Quilting

By: Elsa Brown

Here is a book that proves just how innovative contemporary quilting and patchwork techniques can be! After an introduction to tools, materials, and basic quilting techniques, the reader will find step-by-step instructions for transferring and enlarging designs, making the basic quilting stitch by hand and by machine, joining pre-sewn blocks, making a quilting frame, and finishing the quilted piece.

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152

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0823011054

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9780823011056

The Burdens of Aspiration

Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley

By: Elsa Davidson

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Schools, Youth, and Success in the Divided Social Worlds of Silicon Valley

By: Elsa Davidson

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0814720897

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The Burdens of Aspiration

The Burdens of Aspiration

Mad for Speed

Mad for Speed

Toxicological Risk Assessment of Chemicals

Toxicological Risk Assessment of Chemicals

Sand Rush

Sand Rush

Diabetes and Aging, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Diabetes and Aging, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Father Knew Best

Father Knew Best

Reading for Survival

Reading for Survival

A Match Made in Montana

A Match Made in Montana

Reading for Survival in Today's Society

Reading for Survival in Today's Society

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Metal Poisoning in Fish

Metal Poisoning in Fish

Mother Knew Best

Mother Knew Best

Creative Quilting

Creative Quilting

The Burdens of Aspiration

The Burdens of Aspiration

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