Social Classes

The alarming history of the British, and European, aristocracy - from Argyll to Wellington and from Byron to Tolstoy, stories of madness, murder, m...

Cities and countries around the world are focused on enhancing their living conditions through ways that go beyond the brick and mortar of urban pl...

Irish construction workers in post-war Britain are celebrated in song and story. Donall MacAmhlaigh kept a diary as he worked the sites, danced in ...

Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offe...

Becoming Bourgeois traces the fortunes of three French families in the municipality of Vannes, in BrittanyGalles, Jollivet, and Le Ridantwho rose t...

The largely untold stories of innumerable, rather humble, lives spent ''in service'' are lying just below the surface of many great houses; the phy...

**Explore the fascinating history of the real Downton Abbey as the Crawley family saga makes its way on to the big screen with Downton Abbey, the m...

This book provides research on the influences, disparities and current issues of socioeconomic status (SES). Chapter One discusses socio-economic s...

Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offe...

Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneu...

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...

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...

From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Start...

Pamela Jackson, née Mitford, is perhaps the least well known of the illustrious Mitford sisters, and yet her story is just as captivating, and more...

From the ancient Olympic games to the World Series and the World Cup, athletic achievement has always conferred social status. In this collection o...

The BBC television series Downton Abbey (2010-2016) developed and produced by Academy Award winner Julian Fellowes, became a cultural barometer wit...

In this era where dollar value signals moral worth, Daniel Fridman paints a vivid portrait of Americans and Argentinians seeking to transform thems...

In this era where dollar value signals moral worth, Daniel Fridman paints a vivid portrait of Americans and Argentinians seeking to transform thems...

Does gentrification destroy diversity? Or does it thrive on it? Boston's South End, a legendary working-class neighborhood with the largest Victo...

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...

How did we become so divided and what do we do about it? ''Analytically incisive yet infectiously optimistic, ...

How did we become so divided and what do we do about it? ''Analytically incisive yet infectiously optimistic, ...

The notion that public intellectuals in the US are in decline has again become fashionable with their portrayal as trapped between Academe and the ...

Fresh, original, heartbreaking Reni Eddo-Lodge Devastating, hilarious, unlike anything I have ever read. Destined to be a classic Pandora Sykes'...

A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of models and bottles to reveal how beautiful young wome...

Robber Barons and Wretched Refuse explores the connection between the so-called robber barons who led American big businesses during the Gilded Age...

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In large parts of the developing world, peasant to industrial worker and rural to urban transition is a huge question mark on the face of the polit...

Too frequently, the media and politicians cast Mexican immigrants as a threat to American society. Given America's increasing ethnic diversity and ...

By the late 19th century and the early 20th century, there were at least nineteen large and small areas, streets or neighbourhoods that were declar...

Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it ...

In the world of the late-Victorian and Edwardian country house the mistress and her daughters had many social duties and responsibilities to carry ...

During Chinas socio-economic transition period, stretching from 1978 to the present day, the nations social structure underwent enormous changes. T...