Posted by Jock on August 18, 2007 at 20:21:07 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Amazons Toffs? posted by Jock on August 18, 2007 at 17:20:39:
I thought that as the debate about class status is getting rather technical, it might be interesting for other TarBoarders to see some of the reference material that I have been consulting regarding class definitions.
For a concise and sympathetic description of the British upper classes the Wikipedia entry is hard to beat. For a more detailed and much more critical analysis I would recommend the section on the upper classes in this essay by Will Skinner. (Skinner deals with the class system in the USA, but his section on the upper classes also seems to be an apt description of the situation in the UK.)