Money, Morals, and Manners The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class

Name: Money, Morals, and Manners The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class
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ISBN: 9780226468174

ISBN-10: 0226468178

ISBN-13: 9780226468174

Edition: 1994

Authors: Michï¿½le Lamont, Michï¿½le Lamont

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Drawing on remarkably frank, in-depth interviews with 160 successful men in the United States and France, Michegrave;le Lamont provides a rare and revealing collective portrait of the upper-middle class--the managers, professionals, entrepreneurs, and experts at the center of power in society. Her book is a subtle, textured description of how these men define the values and attitudes they consider essential in separating themselves--and their class--from everyone else. Money, Morals, and Manners is an ambitious and sophisticated attempt to illuminate the nature of social class in modern society. For all those who downplay the importance of unequal social groups, it will be a revelation.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/3/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 5.98" wide x 10.28" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Michï¿½le Lamont is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and professor of sociology and African and Africa American Studies at Harvard University.



Tables and Maps


Acknowledgments


Note to the Reader


Prologue: Sketching the Landscape: Some Illustrative Vignettes



The Questions and the Stage



The Importance of Being Honest: Keys to Moral Boundaries



The World of Success, Money, and Power: Keys to Socioeconomic Boundaries



Most of My Friends Are Refined: Keys to Cultural Boundaries



Explaining National Differences



The Nature of Internal Class Boundaries



Implications, Contributions, and Unanswered Questions



Surveying the French and American Upper-Middle Classes



The Research Sites



Research Procedures



Ranking of Respondents on the Cultural, Moral, and Socioeconomic Dimensions


Notes


Bibliography


Index