Inequality: Classic Readings in Race, Class, and Gender
- ISBN-10
- 0367316234
- ISBN-13
- 9780367316235
- Series
- Inequality
- Category
- Equality
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- David B. Grusky, Szonja Szelenyi, DAVID. SZELENYI GRUSKY
Description
This book redirects the focus of public debate to issues of gender and racial segregation and suggests that they should be fundamental to thinking about the status of black Americans and the origins of the urban underclass. It is a starting point for students and advanced scholars of inequality.
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