Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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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.

  • ISBN10 0671792253
  • ISBN13 9780671792251
  • Publish Date 1 October 1992 (first published 1 November 1983)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Pocket Books
  • Format Paperback (UK Trade)
  • Pages 202
  • Language English