The New Middle Classes Life-Styles, Status Claims and Political Orie
This volume is designed first to provide a theoretical orientation and historical perspective on the rise of the middle classes in modern civilization, and second, to portray the social and political roles these classes have played and continue to play in
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General Editors: Robert Jackall and Arthur J. Vidich Propaganda Edited by Robert Jackall Metropolis: Centre and Symbol of Our Times Edited by Philip Kasinitz Social Movements: Critiques, Concepts, Case-Studies Edited by Stanford M. Lyman The New Middle Classes: Life-Styles, Status Claims and Political Orientations Edited by Arthur J. Vidich
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The New Middle Classes Life-Styles, Status Claims and Political Orientations
Edited by Arthur J. Vidich
Senior Lecturer and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology New School for Social Research New York
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Contents Series Preface - Robert Jackall and Arthur J Vidich Introduction -Arthur J Vidich Part I
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Emergence of the New Middle Classes: Theoretical Problems and Historical Changes
1 The Discovery of the New Middle Classes Val Burris
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2 The New Middle Class Emil Lederer and Jacob Marschak
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3 Middle-Class Notions and Lower-Class Theory Hans Speier
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4 The Growth of the New Middle Class Anthony Giddens Part II
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The Status Sphere and the Psychology of Classes
5 The Status Sphere Hans H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills
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6 The Foundations of Social Rank and Respect Hans Speier
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7 Bureaucracy and Masked Class Membership Hans Speier
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8 Economi
