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Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class, 1986-1988 Feb 13, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Lamont, Michèle, 2003, "Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class, 1986-1988", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1AVX7P, Harvard Dataverse, V5 The purpose of this study was to compare how members of the French and American upper-middle class define being a "worthy person," and to explain the important cross-national differences in these definitions by examining broad cultural and structural features of French and American society. Subjects were 160 college educated, white male professiona...
The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration, 1992-1993 Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection Lamont, Michèle, 2003, "The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration, 1992-1993", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5OZLYH, Harvard Dataverse, V2 The purpose of this study was to explore how White and Black working-class men construct their sense of self-worth, and how they perceive social hierarchy by interpreting differences between themselves and others. Interviews were conducted with 150 lower-middle class men. Thirty blue-collar workers from each of four groups were interviewed: White A...

Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class, 1986-1988

Feb 13, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Lamont, Michèle, 2003, "Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class, 1986-1988", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/1AVX7P, Harvard Dataverse, V5

The purpose of this study was to compare how members of the French and American upper-middle class define being a "worthy person," and to explain the important cross-national differences in these definitions by examining broad cultural and structural features of French and American society. Subjects were 160 college educated, white male professiona...

The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration, 1992-1993

Feb 12, 2014 - Original Murray Collection

Lamont, Michèle, 2003, "The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration, 1992-1993", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5OZLYH, Harvard Dataverse, V2

The purpose of this study was to explore how White and Black working-class men construct their sense of self-worth, and how they perceive social hierarchy by interpreting differences between themselves and others. Interviews were conducted with 150 lower-middle class men. Thirty blue-collar workers from each of four groups were interviewed: White A...

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