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American social classes in the 1950s : selections from Vance Packard's The Status seekers / edited and with an introduction by Daniel Horowitz.

Author: Packard, Vance, 1914-1996.

Imprint:Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, c1995.

Descriptionvii, 215 p. ; 21 cm.

Note:PART ONE: Introduction: Social criticism in an age of conformity and anxiety -- PART TWO: The Document: The Status Seekers (abridged) -- APPENDICES: The Status Seekers in cartoons -- The United States and Vance Packard from the 1940s to the 1960s: a chronology of political events, consumer culture, and social criticism.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references, "Selected bibliography" (p. 204-206) and index.



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Author:
Packard, Vance, 1914-1996.
Uniform Title
Status seekers. Selections
Series Added Entry
Bedford series in history and culture
Subject:
Social classes -- United States.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Index Term - Genre/Form
Primary sources.
Contributor
Horowitz, Daniel, 1938-