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100 1 $aConley, Dalton,$d1969-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98098038
245 14 $aThe pecking order :$bwhich siblings succeed and why /$cDalton Conley.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $a309 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [222]-292) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tInequality Starts at Home: An Introduction to the Pecking Order -- $g2.$tButterflies in Bialystok, Meteors in Manila: The Nature-Nurture Red Herring -- $g3.$tLove is a Pie: Birth Order and Number of Siblings -- $g4.$tDeath, Desertion, Divorce: When Bad Things Happen to Good Families -- $g5.$tMovin' on Up, Movin' on Out: Mobility and Sibling Differences -- $g6.$tLegacies and Role Models, Fat and Skin: Gender Dynamics in the Family -- $g7.$tRandom Acts of Kindness (and Cruelty): Outside Influences on Sibling Success -- $g8.$tFrom Tribes to Markets: Conclusions, Implications, and Insinuations -- $tAbout the Pecking Order: A Technical Appendix.
520 1 $a"In this book, Dalton Conley shows us that inequality in families is not the exception but the norm. More than half of all income inequality in this country occurs not between families but within families. Children who grow up in the same house can - and frequently do - wind up on opposite sides of the class divide. In fact, the family itself is where much inequality is fostered and developed. In each family, there exists a pecking order among siblings, a status hierarchy. This pecking order is not necessarily determined by the natural abilities of each individual, and not even by the intentions or will of the parents. It is determined by the larger social forces that envelop the family: gender expectations, the economic cost of education, divorce, early loss of a parent, geographic mobility, religious and sexual orientation, trauma, and even arbitrary factors such as luck and accidents. Conley explores each of these topics, giving us a richly nuanced understanding that transforms the way we should look at the family as an institution of care, support, and comfort." "Drawing from the U.S. Census, from the General Social Survey conducted by the University of Chicago over the last thirty years, and from a landmark study that was launched in 1968 by the University of Michigan and that has been following five thousand families, Conley has irrefutable empirical evidence backing up his assertions. Enriched by countless anecdotes and stories garnered through years of interviews, this is a book that will forever alter our idea of family."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aFamilies$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047032
650 0 $aSiblings$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSuccessful people$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEquality$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102832
650 0 $aIncome distribution$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104337
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003058020.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random052/2003058020.html
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