Social Classes

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...

*RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE | THE JHALAK PRIZE | THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD & LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWE...

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...