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Learning to Labor : How Working-Class Kids Get Working-Class Jobs

by Paul Willis, Stanley Aronowitz
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Uncovering Layers of Social Stratification and Mobility

Recommendation: Learning to Labor is an eye-opening ethnographical study that explores the ways in which layers of social stratification and mobility influence the experiences of male working-class youth. Its unique perspective on the interplay between social structures and individual experiences makes it an essential read for anyone interested in the intersections of class, education, and labor in contemporary society.

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Learning to Labor : How Working-Class Kids Get Working-Class Jobs

by Paul Willis, Stanley Aronowitz
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ISBN: 9780231053570
Author: Paul Willis, Stanley Aronowitz
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date of Publication: 1981-12-22
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.94
(rated by 477 readers)

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Hailed by the New Society as the best book on male working class youth, this classic work, first published in 1977, has been translated into several foreign languages and remains the authority in ethnographical studies.


Author: Paul Willis
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 22 Dec 1981
 

Uncovering Layers of Social Stratification and Mobility

Recommendation: Learning to Labor is an eye-opening ethnographical study that explores the ways in which layers of social stratification and mobility influence the experiences of male working-class youth. Its unique perspective on the interplay between social structures and individual experiences makes it an essential read for anyone interested in the intersections of class, education, and labor in contemporary society.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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