Table of Contents

List of figures and tables Preface 1. Social Class in Britain 2. Other Class Systems, Past and Present 3. Psychological Models of Social Class 4. Social Relationships 5. Work, Leisure and Lifestyle 6. Speech within and between Classes 7. Intelligence and Personality 8. Social Mobility 9. Inter-class Attitudes 10. Values, Sex, Crime and Religion 11. Health, Mental Health, Happiness and Self-esteem 12. Conclusions, Implications and Reflections, Author Index Subject Index

About the Author

Michael Argyle is Emeritus Reader in Social Psychology at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Wolfson College and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Oxford Brookes University.