Art Vidich edited this special collection of essays on the New Middle Class. This series according to Troy Duster "revisits a tradition where social theory serves as a grounded tool to help us understand the processes of social change."The book provides a theoretical orientationn and historical perspective on the rise of the middle classes in modern civilization, and second to portray the social and political roles these classes have played and continue to play in the United States over the past century, with particular reference to the American class structure and political economy.
Art Vidich indicated that his method is necessarily both historical and sociological, and offers an orientation for understanding contemporary American society.
This book was published in 1995 after Art Vidich had become an Emeritus professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research and spent over forty years as teacher, researcher, writer and mentor to students throughout the world.
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