American Social Classes in the 1950s: Selections from Vance Packard's The Status Seekers

This abridged edition of Vance Packard's 1959 The Status Seekers presents a picture of American society in the late 1950s that allows students to develop a more accurate and complex understanding of an often-caricatured era. Daniel Horowitz's introduction provides historical context, an assssment of the book's impact, and a discussion of its critical reception.

• Author
• Vance Packard, Daniel Horowitz

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 215

• Publisher
• Bedford/St. Martin's

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-312-11180-9

• EAN
• 9780312111809

• Release date
• 1995