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This book is a powerful portrayal of class inequalities in the United States. It contains insightful analysis of the processes through which inequality is reproduced, and it frankly engages with methodological and analytic dilemmas usually glossed over in academic texts.
First publish date: 2003
Subjects: Social conditions, Family, Children, Social conflict, Families
Authors: Annette Lareau
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