MBR: The Sociology Shelf

The Sociology Shelf

Social Stratification
David B. Grusky
Westview Press
c/o Perseus Books Group
Eleven Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
9780813343730, $60.00 www.westviewpress.com 1-800-242-7737

Even America is not immune to the forces that give rise to class
warfare. Now in a thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded third
edition, "Social Stratification: Class, Race, And Gender In
Sociological Perspective" by David B. Grusky (Professor of Sociology
and Director of the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality,
Stanford University) continues to be the primary text comprising
contributions by leading academicians and researchers on the issues
associated with poverty and inequality within the United States. Part
1 is 'Gloom, Doom, and Inequality', an informed and informative
introduction to the general subject and co-authored by Professor
Grusky and Manwai C. Ku. Part 2 is comprised of eight contributions
examining the 'Forms and Sources of Inequality'. Part 3 presents a
series of contributions with respect to 'The Structure of Contemporary
Inequality'. Part 4 covers 'Inequality at the Extremes'. Part 5
focuses upon 'Generating Inequality'. Part 6 is on 'Race and
Ethnicity' with Part 7 addressing 'Gender Inequality'. Part 8 studies
'The Consequences of Inequality'. Part 9 concludes with thoughtful and
thought-provoking contributions on 'The Future of Inequality'. A
standard text for more than a decade, this new third edition of an
impressive body of sustained and seminal scholarship continues to
insure that "Social Stratification" is an invaluable and emphatically
recommended, core addition to professional and academic library
Sociological Studies reference collections and supplemental reading
lists.

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