Class Matters

by The New York Times

Paperback, 2005

Call number

305.5 NYT

Collection

Publication

Times Books (2005), 288 pages

Description

Explores class inequities in American society, describing how factors such as education, occupation, and income all contribute to creating real differences in social mobility and opportunity, with real life examples.

User reviews

LibraryThing member indianajane
Class Matters is a compilation of the work of a number of New York Times writers. It is composed of a number of stories, about different individuals, originally published in the Times. The stories were interesting, but I found many of the premises and conclusions questionable, including the
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underlying premise that most Americans think that this is a classless society. I would wager that most Americans recognize that there are social classes in America, as in all countries. It also seemed to me that too many times these writers confused class with income. Paul Fussell's Class is a better look at the subject.
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LibraryThing member mana_tominaga
Class does indeed matter, particularly for access to health care and education. Essential reading for anyone who thinks that class disparities are a thing of the past in the US.
LibraryThing member klara333
All of the articles were very interesting and I could relate to some of the stories. Some of the articles opened my eyes to the economic classes and how different they really are. One of my favorite chapters is chapter 2 "Life at the Top in America Isn't Just Better, It's Longer." Never before have
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I thought that wealth affects how well you are treated medically. Of course I know that a poor person will get less care than a wealthy person, but I never thought that the higher class and the middle class are so different from each other concerning their health. This book is a must read when studying social classes or if you are concerned about your own class.
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LibraryThing member Steve_Walker
Based on a series in the NYT, this book teases out the unspoken problem of class in America. It goes beyond economics to help us understand how the idea of one's position in American society can haunt us even after we have achieved educational and work-related success.

Pages

288

ISBN

0805080554 / 9780805080551
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