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Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life / Annette Lareau.
LIBRA HQ767.9 .L37 2003
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Van Pelt Library HQ767.9 .L37 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lareau, Annette
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Social conditions.
- Children.
- Families.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 331 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- "Unequal Childhoods" uses actual observations from black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families to provide a vivid account of the importance of social class, and the relative unimportance of race, in shaping parentsU and children's lives.
- Contents:
- Concerted cultivation and the accomplishment of natural growth
- Social structure and daily life
- Part 1. The organization of daily life
- The hectic pace of concerted cultivation: Garrett Tallinger
- A child's pace: Tyrec Taylor
- Children's play is for children: Katie Brindle
- Part 2. Language use
- Developing a child: Alexander Williams
- Language as a conduit of social life: Harold McAllister
- Part 3. Families and institutions
- Concerted cultivation in organizational spheres: Stacey Marshall
- Concerted cultivation gone awry: Melanie Handlon
- Letting educators lead the way: Wendy Driver
- Beating with a belt, fearing "the school": Little Billy Yanelli
- The power and limits of social class.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0520237633
- 0520239504
- OCLC:
- 51210649
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