Elites, Race and Nationhood The Branded Gentry

This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students.

Info autore

Daniel R. Smith is Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He has published widely on social class, whiteness and popular culture.

Riassunto

This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D. Smith, Daniel R. Smith, Daniel R. Smith, Smith, Daniel R Smith, D Smith
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.01.2016
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica
• EAN: 9781349701940
• ISBN: 978-1-349-70194-0
• Numero di pagine: 173
• Illustrazioni: VI, 173 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.5 x 23.5 cm
• Categorie: B, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Social Inequality, Cultural Studies, Economic Sociology, Society & culture: general, Poverty, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Social & ethical issues, Development Aid, Ethnicity, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Sociology: work & labour, Ethnicity Studies, Development Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general