Social class, also known as social stratification is defined as "the hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based on their control over basic resources" (qtd. in Kendall 236). Different social classes can be distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power, authority, and wealth, working and living conditions, lifestyles, life-span, education, religion, and culture. Early in the nineteenth century the labels "working classes" and "middle classes" were already coming into common usage. And the types of …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…expenses, the ways in which people's life changes are related to their location in the society's hierarchal class system and the influence those circumstances have on their future prospects. One of the great things about America is that we are supposed to have a class-less society. Some countries have a class structure that is impossible to break. So if you are born poor, you will die poor. There is no hope to break the cycle.