| #31958 in Books | Annette Lareau | 2011-09-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.10 x6.00l,1.43 | File type: PDF | 480 pages | Unequal Childhoods||45 of 47 people found the following review helpful.| A Must-Read for Parents and Educators|By H. Wise|I've assigned Lareau's original work for several years in a lower-level Race, Class and Gender Sociology course taught for elementary education majors. This is THE book students remember from the course and the one that provides them with the perspective they need to deal with educational issues connected to social class. I h||"A fascinating study." ---Malcolm Gladwell|From the Inside Flap|
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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" activities; and here are families with plenty of time but little economic security. Lareau shows how middle-class parents, whethe...
You easily download any file type for your device.Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, 2nd Edition with an Update a Decade Later | Annette Lareau. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
