Early sociology of class

This set traces the development of sociological theories of class in Europe and North America in the first half of the twentieth century, defining and illustrating the role of class divisions in industrial society.

Class is a component of social stratification and hence it is considered alongside occupational mobility, caste, racial orders and status groups.

These volumes trace the history of class theory from Marxist sociology through studies of class cultures to analyses of the psychology of class in American sociology. By comparing Marxist studies of class struggle with models of social differentiation in the American social framework, this set explains some of the major social traditions of this century.

Sociological theories included in this set come from key sociologists such as W.F.

Ogburn, T. Adorno and Talcott Parsons.