SOCA02H3 : MSL 24
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american upper class must exist as a set of interrelated social institutions: patterned ways of organizing lives of its members from infancy to old age. upper class persists with littler change over several generations. children of upper class gain special representation from kindergarten. They go to private elementary school, private high school, and go to ivey universities or private universities (they probably don"t even get to see public schools) randall collins schools teach vocabulary & infection, styles of dress, aesthetic tastes, values and manners. upper class children attend summer camps, take on different languages, have a tutor, take travel tours, and broaden their prospective and social skills. The children go on in usually business related fields (finance, corporate law firms) Play a major role in differentiating upper class people from regular society. baltzell the clubs are probably replacing the brotherhood and clan that used to exist; places the adult members in hierarchy.
