1995, ISBN: 9780226080819

Chicago: University of Chicago , 1995. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 303 pages. Martin Burke traces the surprisingly complicated history of the idea of class in America fro… Plus…

Chicago: University of Chicago , 1995. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 303 pages. Martin Burke traces the surprisingly complicated history of the idea of class in America from the forming of a new nation to the heart of the Gilded Age.Surveying American political, social, and intellectual life from the late 17th to the end of the 19th century, Burke examines in detail the contested discourse about equalitythe way Americans thought and wrote about class, class relations, and their meaning in society.Burke explores a remarkable range of thought to establish the boundaries of class and the language used to describe it in the works of leading political figures, social reformers, and moral philosophers. He traces a shift from class as a legal category of ranks and orders to socio-economic divisions based on occupations and income. Throughout the century, he finds no permanent consensus about the meaning of class in America and instead describes a culture of conflicting ideas and opinions. Some fading to covers, otherwise like new. Record # 374341, University of Chicago, 1995, 3<

ISBN: 9780226080819

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, em… Plus…

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business., University of Chicago Press, 3<