This book is a powerful portrayal of class inequalities in the United States. It contains insightful analysis of the processes through which inequality is repro

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While problems of childhood poverty are most widespread in developing countries, formidable inequalities exist in more prosperous countries. A major aim of the

European colonization of other continents has had far-reaching and lasting consequences for the construction of childhoods and children’s lives throughout the

An updated edition of a standard in its field that remains relevant more than thirty years after its original publication. Over thirty years ago, sociologist an