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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life
Unequal Childhoods Class Race and Family Life
Author: Annette Lareau
Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Unequal Childhoods explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood today. Here are the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of "leisure"...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520239500
ISBN-10: 0520239504
Publication Date: 9/11/2003
Pages: 343
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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Interesting look at class struture with respect to raising children. Interesting case study although I think a little biased in that the observer probably made an impact on how the families behaved.
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Very thought-provoking book about class-differences and child rearing.


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