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Of course, I could never have made this work without the help of others. I am indebted to Paul Attewell, David Goode, Barbara Katz Rothman, and the late Lynn Zimmer for their tireless intellectual support for this project. To Barbara I owe special thanks for her guidance and encouragement as I prepared the book. I am also very grateful to Ivan Karp, who made an extraordinary impact on my thinking and writing over many years and during crucial stages of the project. To the friends, colleagues, and teachers whose critical conversations , editorial suggestions, and special counsel were invaluable along the way, I offer my thanks: Henry Abelove, Phil Alcabes, the late Bob Alford, Andy Beveridge, Claudia Center, Patricia Clough, Martha Copp, Tim Costelloe, Jack Cuddihy, Anne Dunham, Cynthia Epstein, John Eyck, Judy Filc, Rebecca Gallager, Josh Gamson, Martha Gever, Rachel Grob, Mark Halling, Dan Hood, Robin Isserles, Marcia Jacobs, Lynn Keslar, Bill Kornblum, Cary LaCheen, Matthew Lindholm, Mike Lynch, Kelly McKinney, Jill Morawski, Robert Perinbanayagam , Maritsa Poros, Polly Radcliffe, Nikolas Rose, Randi Rosenblum, Rob Sauté, Don Scott, Marvin Scott, Jen Smith-Maguire, Andy Stewart, Evalyn Tenant, Harry Thorne, Shelley Tremain, Alex Vitale, Matthew Weiss, Charles Winick, Mike Wood, and Julia Wrigley . I am also grateful for the support and assistance of my colleagues in the sociology departments at Hunter College and The City College of New York. I am indebted to my editor, Richard Morrison, at the University of Minnesota Press, for his extraordinarily thoughtful and intelligent guidance. Many thanks also to Tammy Zambo for her remarkable work on the manuscript and to Adam Brunner for sorting out some of ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi the technical problems. I benefited greatly from the very constructive comments and criticisms made by the reviewers for the Press. I am grateful to the administrators at the agency where I conducted this research. I was fortunate to find such intellectual openness and trust in me as a researcher. Above all, I reserve my deepest gratitude for the residents and staff at Driggs House, who welcomed me into their work. And, of course, boundless thanks to my family—John, Jeralyn, Jeremy, Simone, Helene, and Robert—for their love and support. xxii acknowledgments ...

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