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By (author) Ivan Reid. Publisher Open Books Publishing Ltd. Publication City/Country Somerset, United Kingdom. Illustrations note Illustrations, 2 maps. AbeBooks may have this title (opens in new window).

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Ivan Reid, Social Class Differences in Britain, Open Books, London, 1977. xi + 266 pp. £. 5, paper £. 5. University of Southampton. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2009. Export citation Request permission.

Social class differences and inequalities are alive and flourishing in contemporary Britain. It illustrates how class differences reach into society, affecting not only life-styles but also life-chances - birth, health and death.

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Class distinctions do not die; they merely learn new ways of expressing themselves, the British sociologist Richard Hoggart once wrote. Each decade we shiftily declare we have buried class; each decade the coffin stays empty

Class distinctions do not die; they merely learn new ways of expressing themselves, the British sociologist Richard Hoggart once wrote. Each decade we shiftily declare we have buried class; each decade the coffin stays empty. A quick perusal of the foreign media would certainly paint a picture of a rigid class system, especially compared to places like the USA where ambition, talent and elbow grease are thought to be the only limits. But how well does this stereotype really hold up? Is the British class system still as entrenched as it ever was?

5 Ivan Reid also sees that 'social class is a multidimensional concept . Cultural differences have implications in the way the Bible is used, and in the consequent theologies.

5 Ivan Reid also sees that 'social class is a multidimensional concept, involving not only the identification of what are partly invisible categories in society, but also an understanding of the effects of these on the people involved'. 6 E. P. Thompson describes observing 'patterns in their relationships, their ideas, and their institutions'7 and David Cannadine cites the views of 'many historians. I would argue with Jayne Scott that 'neither theology nor.