{"product_id":"paths-to-success-9780674004139","title":"Paths to Success","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStatisticians tell us that impoverished backgrounds are decent predictors of impoverished futures. This book seeks out the stories behind the exceptions. While the authors reveal consistencies between pathmakers' approaches and those of their middle-class counterparts, it also exposes striking differences between men and women, blacks and whites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a study of resiliency in highly successful adults, this study is unique and departs from mainstream research in the disciplines where the authors locate their work—namely, anthropology, sociology, and psychology…the present findings have implications, especially for educators, in that they illuminate issues in current policy debates and suggest directions for practice. -- Helen M. Marks * Journal of Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent exploratory study that examines the lives of one hundred Americans who achieved success in their careers. In studying this upwardly mobile population, the authors examine the factors that led to this achievement and, in the reporting, they allow the reader to have a rare glimpse of at least one population that ‘beats the odds.’ Whether children of poverty with uneducated parents or those from middle-class homes and educated parents, the stories of the ‘Pathmakers’ make for fascinating reading. -- Yolanda T. Moses, President, City College of New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaths to Success\u003c\/i\u003e is a stereotype-bursting book. It describes pathmakers who achieve by beating the odds that are stacked against them. These resilient people defy normative expectations. This book celebrates people who lie beyond the norm and indicates why social scientists should be concerned with analyzing coefficients of dispersion in behavior as well as determining normative patterns. -- Charles Willie, Harvard Graduate School of Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction    Personal Resources   The Study Design   Family Resources   Education and Schooling   Work and Careers   Spouses, Children, Friends, and Health   The Psychology of Unusual Success    Conclusions and Implications    Appendix A: Interview Procedures   Appendix B: Interview Schedule   Notes   References   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359085953367,"sku":"9780674004139","price":30.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674004139.jpg?v=1754123527","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paths-to-success-9780674004139","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}