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Permissions; acknowledgments; contents; about the author; list of figures; chapter 1: introduction; "education that liberates and ennobles"; "student-present" research; "closer to an ideal society"; "this imaginary universe of perfect competition"; "a contingent, disorganized multiplicity"; a note about audience and style; part i: journeys; chapter 2: no regrets; chapter 3: my journey; chapter 4: a new beginning; chapter 5: everything in life has a cost; chapter 6: survival and resilience; my homeland: cambodia; the civil wars (1970-1975); the exodus (april 17, 1975).
The labor camp (04/17/75-01/07/79)the liberation (january 7, 1979); the escape from phnom penh city (5:00 am, july 21, 1984); the khao-i-dang camp (11/10/1984-04/22/1988); the third country (04/22/1988-08/31/1988); the american dreams (09/01/1988); my academic achievement; personal insights; epilogue; notes; chapter 7: the accident of my career and academic life; chapter 8: the path i didn't choose; chapter 9: head start; chapter 10: sabina's story; works cited; chapter 11: no longer trapped; chapter 12: coming in from the cold; chapter 13: slim chances; chapter 14: recovery.
Chapter 15: writing my way to collegechapter 16: journey; chapter 17: what do these student success stories tell us?; transition "as becoming"; the actor and observer; different kinds of data sets; freedom is a function of the mind and the spirit; "a single story line"; part ii: democracy's unfinished business; chapter 18: the truman commission report; "education is the making of the future"; "the full and living realization of the democratic ideal"; chapter 19: economic inequality and higher education; extractive versus inclusive economic institutions.
Economic inequality and higher education"potentially terrifying"; chapter 20: "socialism means slavery"; "the crisis of our times"; "a living intellectual issue"; "socialism means slavery"; "security against severe physical privation"; chapter 21: unfreedom; "dissatisfaction with the distribution of income"; "government is the problem"; "the shame of slavery only excepted"; symbolic annihilation; "craving a nobler, cleaner capitalism"; "neoliberalism has become hegemonic as a mode of discourse"; chapter 22: opportunity differentials; "unequal selection"; "time needed for acquisition."
"Accumulated history"an "endless inegalitarian spiral"; chapter 23: different psychological worlds, part 1; scarcity; 32 million fewer words; parenting styles; chapter 24: different psychological worlds, part 2; neuroscience; early childhood caregiving; "identity contingencies" and stereotype threat; state and federal housing policies; first-generation college students; family resources and academic success; figures of speech; chapter 25: "ideas about human possibilities": connecticut's pa 12-40 and developmental education in the era of neoliberalism; connecticut's pa 12-40; journeys.
The labor camp (04/17/75-01/07/79)the liberation (january 7, 1979); the escape from phnom penh city (5:00 am, july 21, 1984); the khao-i-dang camp (11/10/1984-04/22/1988); the third country (04/22/1988-08/31/1988); the american dreams (09/01/1988); my academic achievement; personal insights; epilogue; notes; chapter 7: the accident of my career and academic life; chapter 8: the path i didn't choose; chapter 9: head start; chapter 10: sabina's story; works cited; chapter 11: no longer trapped; chapter 12: coming in from the cold; chapter 13: slim chances; chapter 14: recovery.
Chapter 15: writing my way to collegechapter 16: journey; chapter 17: what do these student success stories tell us?; transition "as becoming"; the actor and observer; different kinds of data sets; freedom is a function of the mind and the spirit; "a single story line"; part ii: democracy's unfinished business; chapter 18: the truman commission report; "education is the making of the future"; "the full and living realization of the democratic ideal"; chapter 19: economic inequality and higher education; extractive versus inclusive economic institutions.
Economic inequality and higher education"potentially terrifying"; chapter 20: "socialism means slavery"; "the crisis of our times"; "a living intellectual issue"; "socialism means slavery"; "security against severe physical privation"; chapter 21: unfreedom; "dissatisfaction with the distribution of income"; "government is the problem"; "the shame of slavery only excepted"; symbolic annihilation; "craving a nobler, cleaner capitalism"; "neoliberalism has become hegemonic as a mode of discourse"; chapter 22: opportunity differentials; "unequal selection"; "time needed for acquisition."
"Accumulated history"an "endless inegalitarian spiral"; chapter 23: different psychological worlds, part 1; scarcity; 32 million fewer words; parenting styles; chapter 24: different psychological worlds, part 2; neuroscience; early childhood caregiving; "identity contingencies" and stereotype threat; state and federal housing policies; first-generation college students; family resources and academic success; figures of speech; chapter 25: "ideas about human possibilities": connecticut's pa 12-40 and developmental education in the era of neoliberalism; connecticut's pa 12-40; journeys.