Preface---Tale of My Expedition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Social Capital and Social Embeddedness in the Socialization of Low-income Latino Adolescents in the United States

Part I Urban Neighborhood Ecology and Adolescent Socialization

Neighborhood Ecological Dangers and the Socialization of Urban Low-income Latino Youth

Protective Familial Webs, Strategies of Defense, and Institutional Resources in the Neighborhood

Part II Immigrant Parents as Sources of Social and Institutional Support

Immigrant Parents' Educational Values and Aspirations for Their Children---Constraints on Converting Values into Practice

Parent-adolescent Relations of Conflict: Class/Race/Gender Comparative Perspectives

Constraints on Supportive Relations with Immigrant Parents

Part III The School as a Context for Social and Institutional Support

Empowering Relations of Support Between Students and School Personnel

Constraints on Supportive Relations with School Personnel

School Personnel as Sources of Social and Institutional Support: Prevalence and Predictors (with Robert H. Tai)

Alienated Embeddedness and Internalized Oppression: Concluding Analysis and Reflections

Appendix A. Defining Social Capital and ``Institutional Support''

Appendix B. Overview of Samples, Methods, and Research Sites

Appendix C. Miscellaneous Tables

Notes

References

Index

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