Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Care and Belonging in the Market Chapter 2. Differences in Common: Studying Inequality Chapter 3. Making Do: Children and the Economy of Dignity Chapter 4. Ambivalence and Allowances: Affluent Parents Respond Chapter 5. The Alchemy of Desire into Need: Dilemmas of Low-Income Parenting Chapter 6. Saying No: Resisting Children's Consumer Desires Chapter 7. Consuming Contexts, Buying Hope: Shaping the Pathways of Children Chapter 8. Conclusion: Beyond the Tyranny of Sameness Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Allison J. Pugh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia.

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