class structure

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For it may be true that the rom-com’s evolution, in the aggregate, reflects real issues, and revolutionary changes, in class structure, sexual mores, gender norms, even constitutional law.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Making sense of the beer business can be like understanding American class structure: There are fewer people at the top than at the bottom.

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2023

In cities throughout the empire, a hierarchical class structure prevailed, with the educated priestly class on top, followed by those who served in the military, agriculturalists, artisans, and finally enslaved people.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Today, whether or not they realize it, the wealthy tell the stories of their lives — and our class structure — within the framework that Alger articulated.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

This analysis has also pointed up the class structure and its significance in promoting order in a frontier community.

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by Wolf, George D.