false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170537935m/60044.jpg 60044 6 In <I>Class</I> Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system is always outrageously on the mark as 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 intellectual proclivities of American classes from the top to the bottom and everybody -- you'll surely recognize yourself -- in between. <I>Class</I> is guaranteed to amuse and infuriate, whether your class is so high it's out of sight (literally) or you are, alas, a sinking victim of prole drift.<P> 58424 book 1983 Class: A Guide Through the American Status System total:388|5:135|4:137|3:85|2:22|1:9| 388 1531 564 83 5 3 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Mon Jun 04 12:09:05 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 07:39:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jul 26 13:41:16 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 13:46:44 -0700 2007 rigid class boundaries here. They aren't, as they are in Great Britain, determined by speech or dialect and aren't even really determined by economics. But language is a factor, and we betray o...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 15 22:14:53 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 22:17:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 19:17:14 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 05:05:26 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Tue Dec 23 12:50:01 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 13:17:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 05:23:08 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 07:40:36 -0700 2008 The Great War and Modern Memory. This book was a huge disappointment. At times I thought it must be tongue-in-cheek, but I'm afraid it wasn't. At times it seemed to be trying to ...more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 11:10:29 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 11:21:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 00:43:40 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 23:53:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 28 21:00:48 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 21:04:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 12:10:54 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 12:24:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Tue Sep 11 05:36:29 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 05:43:39 -0700 2007
Fussel both romanticizes and skewers each social stratum...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 27 19:38:52 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 19:42:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 16 09:37:49 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:37:49 -0800 2009 1
It made me finally accept the fact though (along with conversations with others) that class is huge here in th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 07:58:22 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 06:12:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 09:22:41 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 10:10:36 -0700 2009
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So admittedly this has Problems. It's dated, it's hideously white, and it's actually not social science—it's social criticism without the science part. Still I found it refreshingly bitter and cruel. Also uncomfortably DEAD-ON. Galvanizing to see how many (i.e. ALL) o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 19 06:44:28 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 06:46:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 10:25:39 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:36:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 16:54:36 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 17:03:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=60044