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THE EARLY YEARS 		39
Child Rearing Practices 41.
Parental Values and the Parent-Child Relationship 44.
Language and Conceptual Development 48.
The Social Development of the Child 52.
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ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 		60
The Classroom and Equality of Opportunity 62.
The Child and the School 64.
The Family and the School 68.
The Role of the Peer Group 69.
Levels of Academic Perfor-mance 72.
Multiple Socialization Agencies and the Opportunity Structure 76.
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ADOLESCENCE AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 		80
The School 83.
The Structure of Peer Relations 87.
The Adolescent and His Family 90.
Differentiation and Commitment 92.
Levels of Academic Performance 97.
Variations by Sex 100.
Looking Ahead 102.
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ENTERING ADULTHOOD 		104
Leaving School 105.
Becoming a Worker 108.
Mar-riage and Parenthood 110.
The End of a Cycle and the Beginning of Another 116.
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS 		119
Evidence For a Class-Based Model of Socialization 122.
The Role of Social Class in Socialization 125.
A Class-Based Model of Socialization 128.
Sources of Variation 133.
Conclusion 135.
APPENDIX
ON BEING BLACK 		138
The Association of Race and Class 138.
Family Structure 139.
Family Socialization 141.
Elementary School 142.
Secondary School 144.
Reaching Adulthood 145.
Overview 148.
BIBLIOGRAPHY 153

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Publication Information: Book Title: Socialization and Social Class. Contributors: Alan C. Kerckhoff - author. Publisher: Prentice-Hall. Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Publication Year: 1972. Page Number: iv.
    
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