| Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rubin, Lillian B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465092489 ISBN-13: 9780465092482 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $21.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 305.562 |
| LCCN: 92052719 |
| Lexile Measure: 1140 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.34" W x 8.08" (0.76 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The classic that is widely acknowledged to be the most valuable and insightful book ever written on the dynamics of working-class family life by a renowned sociologist, psychotherapist, and bestselling author.One of the most devastating critiques of contemporary American life that I have read.--Michael B. Katz Professor of History, York UniversityThis is a sensitive and compassionate portrayal of childhood, marriage, and adult life among the hard-working not-quite poor. It is an important contribution to our understanding of ourselves.--Robert S. Weiss, author of Marital Separation |