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Class

Class

by Paul Fussell, Martim de Avillez

Social classesSocial statusUnited StatesSoziale SchichtungStatussymbol
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"Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality ... guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system ... Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. He describes the houses, objects, artifacts, speech, clothing styles, and intellectural proclivities of American classes from the top to the bottom"--Back cover.

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Social classesSocial statusUnited StatesSoziale SchichtungStatussymbolNew York Times reviewed

Setting

United States

About the author

Paul Fussell
Paul Fussell

22 March 1924 – 23 May 2012

Paul Fussell, Jr. was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. His writings cover a variety of topics, from scholarly works on eighteenth-century English literature to commentary on America's class system. - Wikipedia

Authors

Paul Fussell, Martim de Avillez

Pages

202

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

11

Language

English

Publisher

Summit Books

ISBN

9780880295802

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