Class - a guide through the American Status System

Fussell, Paul

ISBN 10: 0671449915 / ISBN 13: 9780671449919

Published by Simon & Schuster, 1983

About this Item

Inscribed by author to Miriam & Wilfrid Sheed on front endpaper. Colorful DJ is not price-clipped, light soil & rubbing from age & handling, protected in mylar. Boards are well-bound, light foxing along textblock edges, pages clean & sharp throughout.

Seller Inventory # WS25322

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Class - a guide through the American Status System
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671449915
• ISBN 13: 9780671449919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: de Avillez, Martim
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In Cl Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality with eagle-eyed irreverence and iconoclastic wit. This bestselling, superbly researched, exquisitely observed guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American cl system is always outrageously on the mark as 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 intellectual proclivities of American cles from the top to the bottom and everybody -- you'll surely recognize yourself -- in between. Cl is to amuse and infuriate, whether your cl is so high it's out of sight (literally) or you are, alas, a sinking victim of prole drift.

Review

"The Washington Post"

Move over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment.

"Chicago Sun-Times"

Highly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark.

Wilfrid Sheed

"The Atlantic"

A fine prickly pear of a book....Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class.

Alison Lurie

"The New York Times Book Review"

A shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute.

"The Washington Post" Move over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment.

Wilfrid Sheed "The Atlantic" A fine prickly pear of a book....Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class.

"Chicago Sun-Times" Highly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark.

Alison Lurie "The New York Times Book Review" A shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute.

Chicago Sun-Times Highly amusing....a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book....fussell hits the mark.

The Washington Post Move over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment.