Social Classes

A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class New Yorkers' struggle to create a distinct world...

A surprising and revealing look at how today’s elite view their wealth and place in societyFrom TV’s “real housewives” to The Wolf of Wall Street, ...

Down the Up Staircase tells the story of one Harlem family across three generations, connecting its journey to the historical and social forces tha...

Work on the miners' Lock-Out of 1926 tends to focus on the perspective of the National Union of Mineworkers, while nothing has been written which a...

For nine hundred years the British aristocracy has considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws and guide the fortunes of the nati...

In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous people...

'Hough's conversational prose reads like the voice of a blues singer, taking breaks between songs to narrate her heartbreak in verse, cajoling her ...

A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War.The Season of 1939 brought all those ...

From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality. Soaring rents, unfair...

'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie Rubenhold'Powerfully told...an impressive work' The Times'Gives a voice to the voiceless' Australian Book Revie...

Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male, as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a range of contributors make clear in this timely ...

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt. As Devin Fergus explains in Land of t...

In this moving and insightful work, Deepak Singh chronicles his downward mobility as an immigrant to a small town in Virginia. Armed with an MBA fr...

As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life. T...

Forget the 1% - it's time to get to grips with the 0.1% ...There has always been some gap between rich and poor, but it has never been wider - and ...

The essential new book from the authors of the international bestseller The Spirit Level'Why are people, particularly young people, experiencing in...

This magnificently illustrated people’s history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land...

This intriguing book re-evaluates a narrative of cultural decline that developed in the wake of Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of ...

What do your Eggs Benedict say about your notions of class? Every weekend, in cities around the world, bleary-eyed diners wait in line to be serve...

'A Royal Christmas' is a Christmas pudding of a book, full of silver threepenny pieces. Organised thematically, it covers such topics as Christmas ...

Middle-class Brits are embarrassed, awkward, and charmingly insecure in their tastes. The Art of Being Middle-Class, based on stories from cult blo...

Originally published in 1968, these ten essays by one of Europe’s leading sociological theorists deal with important issues on the borderline betwe...

Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably returning towards a more feudal era marked by great...

As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life. T...

2020 Book of the Year • International Labor History Association Honorable Mention • Philip Taft Labor History Prize This rich history details t...

This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK,...

Among the least-chronicled aspects of post–World War II European intellectual and cultural history is the story of the Russian intelligentsia after...

We live in a world obsessed by luxury. Long-distance airlines compete to offer first-class sleeping experiences and hotels recommend exclusive suit...

Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elit...

'A sympathetic and perceptive account of a fine writer at a critical moment in our cultural life' KEN LOACHOn 27 May 1958, A Taste of Honey opened ...

One of the most famous writers of all time, George Orwell's life played a huge part in his understanding of the world. A constant critic of power a...

There are two narratives of the American class structure: one of a country with boundless opportunities for upward mobility and one of a rigid clas...

India remains a country mired in poverty, with two-thirds of its 1.2 billion people living on little more than a few dollars day. Just as telling, ...