The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste & Hierarchies

About the Book: The No-Nonsense Guide to Class, Caste and Hierarchies Upper, middle or lower? Which class are you? Perhaps you dontthink class exists any more, but Jeremy Seabrook argues that itmost certainly does, just in the way that caste still operates inIndia-even though it is officially outlawed in that country.Hierarchies and rankings have been with us since the earliest timesand they show no sign of disappearing yet. Those at the top wouldhave too much to lose. And dont think that class is just a British phenomenon. Itsalive everywhere. In the US everyone is middle class-except ofcourse those who dont work, are homeless and poor. They are theunderclass, a fate almost worse than death. This No-Nonsense Guide gives the full picture of how classanalysis emerged from earlier categorizations, how it affected andstill affects peoples lives even today in our globalized world. About the Author: Jeremy Seabrook Jeremy Seabrook has been a teacher, social worker and lecturer,and has written plays for theater, TV and radio. He has contributedto many journals and newspapers, including the NewInternationalist, Third World Network, New Statesman and TheEcologist, and at present writes for The Statesman in Kolkata(Calcutta).