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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System - Paul Fussell Touchstone 1992

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Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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Type
Textbook
Features
Illustrated
Intended Audience
Adults
Subject Area
Society
Publication Name
Class : A Guide Through the American Status System
Subject
American Society
Educational Level
Adult & Further Education
Level
Intermediate
ISBN
9780671792251
EAN
9780671792251
Book Title
Class : a Guide Through the American Status System
Item Length
8.4in
Publisher
Touchstone
Publication Year
1992
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.7in
Author
Paul Fussell
Genre
Social Science
Topic
Demography, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Anthropology / General
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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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. 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, Class is sure to entertain, enlighten, and occasionally enrage readers as they identify their own place in society and see how the other half lives.

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Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
0671792253
ISBN-13
9780671792251
eBay Product ID (ePID)
271206

Product Key Features

Book Title
Class : a Guide Through the American Status System
Author
Paul Fussell
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Demography, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
6.2 Oz

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Reviews
Wilfrid Sheed The Atlantic A fine prickly pear of a book....Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class., Wilfrid SheedThe AtlanticA fine prickly pear of a book....Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class., Chicago Sun-TimesHighly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark., The Washington PostMove over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment., The Washington Post Move over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment., Chicago Sun-Times Highly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark., Alison LurieThe New York Times Book ReviewA shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute., Alison Lurie The New York Times Book Review A shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute.
Table of Content
Contents I A Touchy Subject II An Anatomy of the Classes III Appearance Counts IV About the House V Consumption, Recreation, Bibelots VI The Life of the Mind VII "Speak, That I May See Thee" VIII Climbing and Sinking, and Prole Drift IX The X Way Out Appendix: Exercises, and the Mail Bag
Copyright Date
1992
Dewey Decimal
305.5/0973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by goldenmom7500
    03 Jan, 2007

    So offensive, but I can't stop reading it!

    This book is classified, I recall, under sociology. It purports to be a serious effort to look at class systems in the U.S. (it was written in the early 80s, I think, so it is a bit dated). There was a lot of fun, astute and interesting information in this book. But mainly it was an arrogant look at how people live with shocking (but funny) sweeping statements, dismissing most parts of the country as vile (geographically) and lower class. I kept wondering who this author is and how he gets to judge everyone else. I did take true offense a couple of times, but mostly I was just amused and I even read parts to family members who laughed hysterically, especially when they realized that their hometown and everything else were so base.

  • by jacksonm29
    18 Jan, 2020

    Still relevant

    A funny, witty, and serous read on class distinctions. Although it was written 38 plus years ago, still largely applicable today.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by flimdarra
    30 Sep, 2017

    A comedy book: don't expect scholarship.

    I bought this book because I read references to it in several articles about class in America and was led to believe that it was a serious, scholarly treatment of the subject. The book even has a carefully written methodological introduction that contributes to that false impression. The bulk of the book, however, is ridicule-based comedy drawing mostly on stereotypes. Its illustrations remind of the phrenology illustrations of the nineteenth century. I'm sure many readers over the decades have found it a good laugh (I didn't), but don't expect useable scholarship.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: pcziolek

  • by ka-822762
    10 Nov, 2020

    A bit old style book

    A fun guide to 1980s. Not relevant anymore. But still fun

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by hootmcgraw
    06 Mar, 2018

    CLASS: An American Guide

    A humorous approach describing America's 'class's system. Very good read!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

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