ABSTRACT

This is Volume II of twenty-one in a collection of Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1960, this book is about the place of class and its synonyms, status, prestige, and power, in the structure of American society. A dominant theme of the book is that classes do exist even though individuals are not chained to these social positions with unequivocal finality.

chapter 1|30 pages

Perspectives

chapter 2|77 pages

Theories of Class

chapter 3|54 pages

The Methodology of Class

chapter 4|57 pages

Class and Social Structure

chapter 5|64 pages

The Social Psychology of Class

chapter 6|82 pages

Social Mobility

Patterns and Consequences

chapter 7|23 pages

Continuity and Change