Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface to student edition

pp ix-xii

Preface to original edition

pp xiii-xix

Acknowledgments

pp xx-xx

1 - Class analysis

pp 1-40

Part I - Structural analyses of classes

pp 41-42

2 - Class structure

pp 43-55

3 - The transformation of the American class structure, 1960–1990

pp 56-66

4 - The fall and rise of the American petty bourgeoisie

pp 67-78

5 - The permeability of class boundaries

pp 79-112

Part II - Class and gender

pp 113-114

6 - Conceptualizing the interaction of class and gender

pp 115-124

7 - Individuals, families and class analysis

pp 125-145

8 - The noneffects of class on the gendered division of labor in the home

pp 146-158

9 - The gender gap in workplace authority

pp 159-182

Part III - Class structure and class consciousness

pp 183-184

10 - A general framework for studying class consciousness and class formation

pp 185-215

11 - Class structure, class consciousness and class formation in Sweden, the United States and Japan

pp 216-248

Part IV - Conclusion

pp 249-250

12 - Confirmations, surprises and theoretical reconstructions

pp 251-276

References

pp 277-281

Index

pp 282-283

Index of subjects

pp 284-289