Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-366) and index.
Pt 1. Identities. Differences and similarities -- Manufacturing difference: The social construction of race, class, gender, and sexuality -- Portraying difference: race, class, gender, and sexuality in language and the media -- Learning difference: families, schools, and socialization -- Pt. 2. Inequalities. Expressing inequalities: prejudice and discrimination in everyday life -- Inequalities in health and illness -- Inequalities in law and justice -- Inequalities in economics and work -- The futures of inequalities