The Resource Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America, Paul Tough
Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America, Paul Tough
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The item Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America, Paul Tough represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America, Paul Tough represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
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- Summary
- An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to transform the lives of poor children by changing their schools, their families, and their neighborhoods at the same time
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- The lottery
- Unequal childhoods
- Baby college
- Contamination
- Battle mode
- Bad apples
- Last chance
- The conveyor belt
- Escape velocity
- Graduation
- What would it take?
- Isbn
- 9780618569892
- Label
- Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America
- Title
- Whatever it takes
- Title remainder
- Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Tough
- Title variation
- Whatever it takes
- Title variation remainder
- one mans plan to change Harlem and America
- Subject
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- Poverty -- Prevention
- trueSocial classes
- African American children -- Education
- African American children -- Education -- New York (State) | New York
- trueAfrican American children -- Education -- New York City
- African American children -- New York (State) | New York -- Social conditions
- trueAfrican American children -- New York City -- Social conditions
- African American children -- Social conditions
- Canada, Geoffrey
- Canada, Geoffrey
- Economic history
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
- trueHarlem, New York City -- Economic conditions
- trueInner city
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
- Poor -- New York (State) | New York -- Social conditions
- Poor -- Social conditions
- truePoor people -- New York City -- Social conditions
- Poverty -- New York (State) | New York -- Prevention
- truePoverty -- New York City -- Prevention
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to transform the lives of poor children by changing their schools, their families, and their neighborhoods at the same time
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2008.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 275104
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tough, Paul
- Dewey number
- 362.74/8097471
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC79.P63
- LC item number
- T68 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Canada, Geoffrey
- Canada, Geoffrey
- Poverty
- African American children
- African American children
- Poor
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- African American children
- African American children
- Economic history
- Poor
- Poverty
- New York (State)
- New York (State)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- one man's plan to change Harlem and America
- Label
- Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America, Paul Tough
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-285) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The lottery -- Unequal childhoods -- Baby college -- Contamination -- Battle mode -- Bad apples -- Last chance -- The conveyor belt -- Escape velocity -- Graduation -- What would it take?
- Control code
- ocn224441216
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780618569892
- Lccn
- 2008013303
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)224441216
- Label
- Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America, Paul Tough
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-285) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The lottery -- Unequal childhoods -- Baby college -- Contamination -- Battle mode -- Bad apples -- Last chance -- The conveyor belt -- Escape velocity -- Graduation -- What would it take?
- Control code
- ocn224441216
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780618569892
- Lccn
- 2008013303
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)224441216
Subject
- Poverty -- Prevention
- trueSocial classes
- African American children -- Education
- African American children -- Education -- New York (State) | New York
- trueAfrican American children -- Education -- New York City
- African American children -- New York (State) | New York -- Social conditions
- trueAfrican American children -- New York City -- Social conditions
- African American children -- Social conditions
- Canada, Geoffrey
- Canada, Geoffrey
- Economic history
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
- trueHarlem, New York City -- Economic conditions
- trueInner city
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
- Poor -- New York (State) | New York -- Social conditions
- Poor -- Social conditions
- truePoor people -- New York City -- Social conditions
- Poverty -- New York (State) | New York -- Prevention
- truePoverty -- New York City -- Prevention
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