Whatever It Takes
de Tough, Paul
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover.
- Librería
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Houghton Mifflin, 2008. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover..
Sinopsis
What would it take? That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children—not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children’s Zone, a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle-class peers, you need to change everything in their lives—their schools, their neighborhoods, even the child-rearing practices of their parents. Whatever It Takes is a tour de force of reporting, an inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but of the parents and children in Harlem who are struggling to better their lives, often against great odds. Carefully researched and deeply affecting, this is a dispatch from inside the most daring and potentially transformative social experiment of our time.
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Hermitage Bookshop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 218540
- Título
- Whatever It Takes
- Autor
- Tough, Paul
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Fecha de publicación
- 2008
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Sobre el vendedor
The Hermitage Bookshop
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Denver, Colorado
Sobre The Hermitage Bookshop
The Hermitage Bookshop was established in 1973 and has been under one owner since its inception. We are a full service rare and used bookshop and our stock is limited to hardbacks in excellent condition. We have been a member of both the ABAA and ILAB since 1980.
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