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"Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality ... guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system ... 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 intellectural proclivities of American classes from the top to the bottom"--Back cover.

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6 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2000
    Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786104369
  • Paperback · English · 1992
    Touchstone · 202 pages · 9780671792251
  • Hardcover · English · 1991
    Dorset Press · 203 pages · 9780880295802
  • Paperback · English · 1984
    Ballantine Books · 9780345318169
  • Other · English · 1984
    Arrow · 202 pages · 9780099367604
  • Other · English · 1983
    Summit Books · 202 pages · 9780671449919
Social classesSocial statusUnited StatesSoziale SchichtungStatussymbolNew York Times reviewedUnited states, social conditions, 1980-Social classes, united states