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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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An essential reader for the serious stratification student.
While Grusky's reader is not for the faint of heart, this collection is essential for anyone who wishes to become well read in the major developments of social stratification. Given the density and complexity of many of the readings, the volume is perhaps better suited to graduate students or advanced undergraduates.
Published on October 20, 1998
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2 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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A Horrible Reader
Pretentious and pedantic, this anthology is the surest way to turn students off to the study of social stratification. Grusky's selections are replete with circumlocutory essays that obfuscate the very points they are trying to make. If you have ever wondered if you get what you pay for when buying textbooks, this opprobrious $35, 700 page volume makes clear that you do.
Published on April 19, 1998
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An essential reader for the serious stratification student.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Social Stratification: Class, Race, And Gender In Sociological Perspective (Social Inequality Series) (Paperback)
While Grusky's reader is not for the faint of heart, this collection is essential for anyone who wishes to become well read in the major developments of social stratification. Given the density and complexity of many of the readings, the volume is perhaps better suited to graduate students or advanced undergraduates.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most comprehensive and scholarly treatment to date.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Social Stratification: Class, Race, And Gender In Sociological Perspective (Social Inequality Series) (Paperback)
Rare indeed is an anthology that introduces the reader to cutting edge research in a field. This one does, and with much flair to boot. For readers with the necessary tenacity, there is no better introduction to one of the core fields of sociology. Highly recommended.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Important Sociology Text,
By A Customer
This review is from: Social Stratification: Class, Race, And Gender In Sociological Perspective (Social Inequality Series) (Paperback)
I am currently enrolled in a class taught by Prof. Grusky entitled "Social Stratification" at Cornell University. The man is very much like the reader; his interests are inspired out of the thinking academic not the impassioned activist. The reader itself is a compellation of primary sources which range from Marx to Shills to Aage Sorensen, to contemporary critiques. True, the text is dense at times, but it dutifully presents sociology in the best distilled, raw light. As Grusky writes in his course outline: " As we all know, issues of inequality are every day fare in conventional journalism (e.g newspaper, television), but such fare often rests on a naive understanding of stratification systems. The object of this course is to rise above such standard formulations and examine the powerful models, methods, and concepts that serious scholars of inequality have deployed."
2 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Horrible Reader,
By A Customer
This review is from: Social Stratification: Class, Race, And Gender In Sociological Perspective (Social Inequality Series) (Paperback)
Pretentious and pedantic, this anthology is the surest way to turn students off to the study of social stratification. Grusky's selections are replete with circumlocutory essays that obfuscate the very points they are trying to make. If you have ever wondered if you get what you pay for when buying textbooks, this opprobrious $35, 700 page volume makes clear that you do.
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Social Stratification: Class, Race, And Gender In Sociological Perspective (Social Inequality Series) by David B Grusky (Paperback - August 19, 1994)
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