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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Phyllis Moen , Donna Dempster-McClain , Henry A. Walker , Henry A. Walker (Professor of Sociology, Cornell University, New York, USA)Publisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801437199ISBN 10: 0801437199 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 26 July 1999 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsWith contributions by many of America's leading social scientists, [A Nation Divided] provides a marvelous overview of our increasingly diverse, and persistently unequal society. It will find an appreciative audience in college classrooms and among professional sociologists as well as members of the reading public. --Philip Kasinitz, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Throughout the volume, the central question is revisited time and again from different angles and in different substantive settings, thus achieving overall thematic coherence without being redundant or repetitious. It is a pleasant surprise, and the editors are to be commended for their organizational acumen... The volume lucidly demonstrates the possibilities of integrating the social and sociological problems... The volume as a whole will appeal to anyone who is interested in the issue of inequality and American society today. --Contemporary Sociology Splendid... Well-argued, carefully documented. --Library Journal An impressive array of scholarly studies. A stimulating and valuable volume for those of us who teach about the social and economic trends that are now reshaping this nation. --Reynolds Farley, Vice President, Russell Sage Foundation Throughout the volume, the central question is revisited time and again from different angles and in different substantive settings, thus achieving overall thematic coherence without being redundant or repetitious. It is a pleasant surprise, and the editors are to be commended for their organizational acumen... The volume lucidly demonstrates the possibilities of integrating the social and sociological problems... The volume as a whole will appeal to anyone who is interested in the issue of inequality and American society today. * Contemporary Sociology * Splendid... Well-argued, carefully documented. * Library Journal * Author InformationPhyllis Moen is Ferris Family Professor of Life Course Studies and Professor of Sociology and of Human Development at Cornell University, where she is a founding director of the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center. Donna Dempster-McClain, Senior Lecturer in Human Development, is Associate Director of the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center. Henry A. Walker is Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |