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Unequal Childhoods: inequalities in the rhythms of daily life

by Annette Lareau, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

The intersection of race and class in American life is an important but often vexing subject for sociologists. The power of social class is often obscured by the visibility of race. I wrote Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life (University of California Press, 2003) in part because I wanted to make class real by showing how it works in everyday life.

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