Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Class in America: The Way We Were -- Chapter 2: The New American Class Structure -- Chapter 3: The New Economy and the New Class Structure -- Chapter 4: The Global Economy and Class Inequalities -- Chapter 5: How the Middle Class Died -- Chapter 6: Conflicting Class Interests and Class War -- Chapter 7: The Invisible Class Empire -- Chapter 8: Political Finance: It's Money That Matters -- Chapter 9: Policy Planning and Classwide Lobbying -- Chapter 10: The Information Industry -- Chapter 11: Educating for Privilege: Dreaming, Streaming, and Creaming -- Chapter 12: The Pacification of Everyday Life -- Chapter 13: The Culture Industry and Pacification -- Chapter 14: Class in the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Authors.

The New Class Society introduces students to the sociology of class structure and inequality. The fourth edition demonstrates how and why class differences in the United States have become more entrenched than ever. Revised and reorganized, this edition features a new introduction and shorter chapters that cover a wider range of topics-from the Great Recession to how electronic media shape our perceptions of class.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.