1st Edition

Social Status in the City

Edited By Bernice Neugarten Copyright 1971
334 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

Social Status in the City presents a scientific method for measuring social status in urban settings - the Index of Urban Status (IUS). The authors show how the index and the concepts of status on which it is based were derived by describing the procedures used in studying the social structure of a particular Midwestern city. Richard P. Coleman modified the IUS when he was employed in commerce... Read more
Preface, One: Studying and Urban Status Structure, Two: Social Classes, Three: Nationwide Status Structure, A. Brief Economic History of Kansas City, B. The Study Populations, C. Social Characteristics of People at or Near the Top, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Bernice Neugarten