{"product_id":"the-syntax-of-class-9780691113890","title":"The Syntax of Class","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the literary expression of crises of social classification that occupied U.S. public discourse in the wake of the European revolutions of 1848. This book shows how, lacking a native language for expressing class differences, American writers struggled to find social taxonomies able to capture and manage inequalities of wealth and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  INTRODUCTION: Class, Classification, and Conflict 1  CHAPTER I: Home, in the Better Sense: The Model Woman, the Middle Class, and the Harmony of Interests 14  CHAPTER II: Orphaned in America: Color, Class, and Community 42  CHAPTER III: Indexical People: Women, Workers, and the Limits of Literary Language 69  CHAPTER IV: Beginning Again: Love, Money, and a Circle of \"Friends\" 99  EPILOGUE 128  Notes 131  Index 149","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403727839575,"sku":"9780691113890","price":74.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-syntax-of-class-9780691113890","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}