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Exploring Socio-Economic Class: Recommended Books


A short sampling of books that provide a good starting place in understanding class:

  • Class Matters by Bill Keller and the New York Times
  • Class: A Guide through the American Status System (Paul Fussell)
  • In Sam We Trust: The Untold Story of Sam Walton and Wal-Mart, the Worlds Most Powerful Retailer by Bob Ortega
  • Nickeled and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Savage Inequalities; Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol
  • The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide (Richard Conniff)
  • The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David Shipler
  • Welfare Brat  By Mary Childers
  • Without a Net by Michelle Kennedy

Class Action offers a wonderful annotated bibliography of books that address socio-economic class issues.

Last Updated: 6/11/07