Class: A Guide Through the American Status System [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Fussell, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671792253 ISBN 13: 9780671792251

Verlag: Touchstone, 1992

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Book by Fussell Paul

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Críticas:

Alison Lurie The New York Times Book Review A shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute. Wilfrid Sheed The Atlantic A fine prickly pear of a book....Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class. The Washington Post Move over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment. Chicago Sun-Times Highly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark.

Reseña del editor:

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.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Touchstone
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0671792253
• ISBN 13: 9780671792251
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208