Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America

Carlson, Marcia J. and Paula England (Editors)

ISBN 10: 0804770891 / ISBN 13: 9780804770897

Edité par Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 2011

A propos de cet article

Wrappers. Yellow rear cover, olive green spine, olive green and photographic front cover are all clean and glossy. Book has just a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tips of the four outside corners. There's a ding in the rear edge of the spine about two inches north of the bottom. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 230 pages. Illusrated here and there throughout with charts and graphs.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America
• Éditeur: Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0804770891
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780804770897
• Reliure: Trade Paperback
• Édition: No Additional Printings Noted.
• État de l'article: NF
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Literary Nonfiction

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Synopsis

American families are far more diverse and complex today than they were 50 years ago. As ideas about marriage, divorce, and remarriage have changed, so too have our understandings about cohabitation, childbearing, parenting, and the transition to adulthood. Americans of all socioeconomic backgrounds have witnessed changes in the nature of family life, but as this book reveals, these changes play out in very different ways for the wealthy or well off than they do for the poor.

Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal America offers an up-to-the-moment assessment of the condition of the family in an era of growing inequality. Highlighting unique aspects of family behavior, it reveals the degree to which families' varying experiences are shaped by social class. This book offers a much needed assessment of contemporary family life amid the turbulent economic changes in the United States.

À propos de l?auteur

Marcia J. Carlson is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Paula England is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University.