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OP. That's interesting, except you left off the description of proletariat. I assume that would be lower-middle class, or even working class. Sounds like an interesting book.[/quote]

Fussell lays out groupings that are basically Top, Center, and Bottom.

The Top classes are the Top Out-of-Sight, the Upper, and the Upper-Middle.

The Center classes are the Middle, the High Proletarian, the Mid Proletarian, and the Low Proletarian.

The Bottom classes are the Destitute, and the Bottom Out-of-Sight.

The stereotypical middle-class job is a white-collar, 40-hour-a-week office job.  Middles are more likely to feel enslaved by their boss and their company, and would like to move up to the upper middle by sending their kids to good colleges, or through marriage.

High proles are typically found in the skilled trades--surveyors, plumbers, auto mechanics, and such.  Their income often exceeds that of the middle class.

Mid-prole jobs don't carry the status of the high proles, but are still a notch above minimum wage--driving a forklift in a factory might be a good example. Note that some high proles may have incomes over $200k. An example would be the longshoremen at the Port of Long Beach.

Low proles can usually be found in the minimum wage jobs.  Examples would be crew members at fast food chains.

Here's a fun quiz that Fussell had in his book:

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2012/05/25/whats-your-social-class/

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