The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class
By (Author) Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
2nd January 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Popular culture
Sociology
306.481201
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 133mm, Height 203mm
Description
In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry canvas tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption-like eating free-range chicken and heirloom tomatoes, wea
Reviews
"One of the Economist.com Wise Words 2017 Books of the Year in Culture"
Author Bio
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of public policy at the University of Southern California.
