Upper Class
Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power. According to this view, the upper class is generally distinguished by immense wealth which is passed on from generation to generation. Prior to the 20th century, the emphasis was on aristocracy, which emphasized generations of inherited noble status, not just recent wealth.Because the upper classes of a society may no longer rule the society in which they are living, they are often referred to as the old upper …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …
First World War was perhaps the last in which upper-class European children such as I, from Lisbon to St … were not yet familiar with the lan- guage of upper-class Near Eastern Jewry. Sixty years later, Count …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 15 October 2024 English
“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren …
sport of private schools and the middle and upper class. That was what we now had to aspire to: a different …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 24 September 2024 English
CBC BOOKS CANADIAN FICTION BOOKS TO READ IN FALL 2024“With a lush, tropical setting, an entrancing protagonist, and swirling ghosts that guide and subvert, Gonzalez has crafted a darkly romantic, …
formed creature with the glass- like skin of upper- class Chinese girls. He regarded her with his well- …
Yellowhead Institute · 4 September 2024 English
is Special Report argues that Indigenous Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and approaches to relationships to the land and water its Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and can indeed oer …
of neo-colonialism. such as white middle-to-upper-class areas and more densely populated urban areas …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 22 August 2024 English
Contemporary Vulnerabilities explores vulnerable moments in research committed to social change.
non-resident Indian, and for many middle- and upper- class communities, the NRI remains an aspirational …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 August 2024 English
Created in the Image? describes the paradigm shift in the way Israeli writers have imagined Holocaust perpetrators since 1948.
presented in the privacy of his home as an upper-class gentleman who develops a soft spot for Sophie …
AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 4 August 2024 English
“The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 will serve as a platform for the adoption of effective policies and actions against the barriers and challenges that women farmers face …
Given India’s growing lifestyle diseases and that it’s now known as the diabetes capital of the world, some of the upper … classes in India are rapidly transitioning towards millets and other foods with medicinal properties. …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 19 July 2024 English
Municipal Boundary Battles uncovers the hidden motivations, behind-the-scenes political machinations, and the ensuing battles around city boundary debates.
implications of the outmigration of middle- and upper-class citizens from city centres by recapturing businesses …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2024 English
Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of child emigration agencies operating in North West England from 1860 to 1935. The book traces the imperial relationships, transnational economy, religious networks and …
greatest expression in the attempts of middle- and upper-class officials to regulate the wealth, health, morals … tation and its power to solicit middle- and upper-class charitable patronage builds on analyses of how …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English
Complemented by over 150 rarely seen illustrations, Needle Work moves from coast to coast and across more than one hundred years to provide a key chapter in the history of …
exhibited notice- able variation in talent, and tattooed all types of people, from physical labourers to members of the upper … classes. … democratization of a visual culture, specifically, that of portraiture, that for centuries was mainly the domain of the upper … classes. …