Categorically Unequal: The American Stratification System

by Douglas S. Massey

Book Overview

The United States holds the dubious distinction of having the most unequal income distribution of any advanced industrialized nation. While other developed countries face similar challenges from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871545845
• ISBN13: 9780871545848
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Solid, Comprehensive and Comprehensible

As a textbook I was required to purchase for an upper-division Sociology class, this was an eye-opening peek into the processes of social stratification and racial/gender inequality. The premise is that inequality in the United States is currently at its greatest level in the past 100 years, and how it got there. I thoroughly recommend.