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Acknowledgments We would like to thank not only the many contributors who are represented in this volume but also the many others who supported us by considering contributions but could not fit this into their busy schedules. Research with urban girls is burgeoning, and the richness of this work inspires us all to keep the momentum going. Also many, many, many thanks to Shelley Booth at the University of Victoria, who organized all the manuscripts and prepared them for the publisher with unfailing patience, commitment, and determination. Thanks also to Shelley’s assistant, Jonathan Patterson, who helped to edit, format, and check each of the chapters and to Sarah Gersick, who proofed the entire manuscript. Thanks also to Jennifer Hammer, our editor and champion at NYU Press and to Despina Papazoglou Gimbel, the managing editor at NYU Press. We could not accomplish this work without their support. xi ...

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