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Class

A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell ยท 1992

ISBN: 0671792253 9780671792251

Category: Social Science / Anthropology / General

Page count: 202

<b>The bestselling, comprehensive, and carefully researched guide to the ins-and-outs of the American class system with a detailed look at the defining factors of each group, from customs to fashion to housing.</b><br><br>Based on careful research and told with grace and wit, Paul Fessell shows how everything people within American society do, say, and own reflects their social status. Detailing the lifestyles of each class, from the way they dress and where they live to their education and hobbies, <i>Class</i> is sure to entertain, enlighten, and occasionally enrage readers as they identify their own place in society and see how the other half lives.