In the United States, social class ranks with gender, race, and
ethnicity in determining the values, activities, political
behavior, and life chances of individuals. Most scholars agree on
the importance of class, although they often disagree on what it is
and how it impacts Americans. This A-Z encyclopedia, the first to
focus on class in the United States, surveys the breadth of class
strata throughout our history, for high school students to the
general public. Class is illuminated in 525 essay entries on
significant people, terms, theories, programs, institutions, eras,
ethnic groups, places, and much more. This useful set is an
authoritative, fascinating source for in-demand information on key
aspects of our culture and society and helps researchers to narrow
down a broad topic. Class is revealed from angles that often
intersect: through history, with entries such as Founding Fathers,
the Industrial Revolution, Westward Expansion; through economics,
with entries such as Dot.com Bubble, Robber Barons, Chicago School
of Economics, Lottery, Wage Slaves, Economic Equal Opportunity Act,
Stock Market, Inheritance Taxes, Wal-Mart, Welfare; through social
indicators such as Conspicuous Consumption, the Hamptons, WASP,
Homelessness, Social Climbing; through politics with entries such
as Anarchism, Braceros, Heritage Foundation, Communist Party,
Kennedy Family; and through culture through entries such as Country
Music, The Great Gatsby, Television, and Studs Terkel. Class is
also approached from ethnic, sexual, religious, educational, and
regional angles. Special features include an introduction,
timeline, suggested reading per entry, cross-references, reader's
guide to topics, and thoroughindex. Sample entries: Immigration,
Education, Labor Movement, Pink-Collar Workers, AFL-CIO, Strikes,
Great Depression, Jacob Riis, Literature, the Rockefellers,
Slavery, Music, Academia, Family, Suburbia, McMansions, Taxation,
Segregation, Racism, Ivy League, Robber Barons, Philanthropists,
Socialites, Religion, Welfare, the American Dream, Dot.com
Millionaires, Equal Opportunity, Founding Fathers, Wage Slaves,
Industrial Revolution, Capitalism, Economics, Appalachia, Horse
Racing, Gender, Communist Party, Country Clubs, Religion, American
Indians, Conspicuous Consumption, Studs Terkel, Film,
Class-Consciousness, Work Ethic, Media, Television, Puritans,
Homelessness, Status Symbols, Assimilation/Melting Pot, Art,
Westward Expansion, Poverty, The Great Gatsby, Stock Market,
Working Poor, Gated Communities, the Hamptons, Social Climbing,
Crime, Lottery, Elitism, WASP, American Dream, Noam Chomsky,
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