Description

Title: Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family
Author: Lillian B Rubin
ISBN: 9780465097241
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1977
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Good

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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 University

“This 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”