This book is a sociological study of a societal grouping that has the popular title ‘middle class’. It argues that it is more precise to describe the middle

The middle class is often viewed as the heart of American society, the key to the country’s democracy and prosperity. Most Americans believe they belong to th

Drawing on expressive and material culture, Young shows that money was not enough to make the genteel middle class. It required exquisite self-control and the r

This book is a sociological study of a societal grouping that has the popular title ’middle class’. It argues that it is more precise to describe the middle

Drawing on remarkably frank, in-depth interviews with 160 successful men in the United States and France, Michèle Lamont provides a rare and revealing collecti