Learning to Labor: How Working-Class Kids Get Working-Class Jobs (Legacy Editions)
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Learning to Labor: How Working-Class Kids Get Working-Class Jobs (Legacy Editions)

by Paul Willis

Education Sociology
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Paul Willis investigates how working-class youth navigate school and culture, often ending up in working-class jobs despite educational opportunities.

ISBN-13 9780231178952 ASIN 0231178956 Views 74 Publisher Columbia University Press Year 2017 Edition 50th Anniversary Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 304 Created February 25, 2026 Updated September 26, 2026
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Learning to Labor examines the relationship between education and social class.

The book explores how schools contribute to reproducing existing class structures.

It draws on ethnographic research conducted among working-class boys in England.

The study highlights the role of cultural practices in shaping future employment outcomes.

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