Defining class / the editors of Salem Press.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Editors of Salem Press, author.

Series:

Sociology Reference Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--United States.

Social classes.

Social mobility--United States.

Social mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 107 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume offers an introduction to contemporary class issues in the United States, with an overview of economic issues and challenges specific to populations across a range of class levels.

Contents:

""Sociology Reference Guide: Defining Class""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Class System""; ""Social Mobility in the U.S.""; ""Social Mobility & the Postindustrial Society""; ""Assessing Class: Income""; ""Assessing Class: Education""; ""The Upper Class""; ""Assessing Class: Wealth""; ""Assessing Class: Lifestyle Choices""; ""Contradictory Class Locations""; ""The Middle Class in America""; ""The Working Class""; ""The Underclass in America""; ""Cultural Theories of Poverty""; ""Demographics of Poverty""; ""Stratification & Class: Income Inequality""; ""The Poor & the Working Poor""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9781429834605

1429834609

OCLC:

883331294