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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 129. Chapters: Aristocracy, Social class, Robber baron, Bourgeoisie, Lumpenproletariat, Baronet, Gentry, Affluence in the United States, Black billionaires, Nobility, Pink-collar worker, Hoi polloi, Middle class, Upper middle class, Upper middle class in the United States, Working class, Underclass, Andriana, Principalia, Upper class, New class, Middle class squeeze, Socioeconomic status, Beurgeois, Clerk, Occupational inequality, Yangban, Swamp Yankee, The Superclass List, Gilbert Model, Old money, Blue-collar worker, Jet set, Magnate, Dirty, Dangerous and Demeaning, Scholar-bureaucrats, Ruling class, Mass affluent, Great Burgher, White-collar worker, Power elite, Lumpenbourgeoisie, Bhadralok, Maharlika, The Lonely Crowd, Gold-collar worker, Chungin, Kyriazi freres, Maya social classes, Parvenu, Petite bourgeoisie, Siebmachers Wappenbuch, Lower middle class, Maginoo, White Collar: The American Middle Classes, Grey-collar, NRS social grade, Castellan, The Redneck Manifesto, Cafe society, Rayah, Upper ten thousand, High society, Cheonmin, Collar workers, Raznochintsy, Prole drift, Alipin, Village idiot, Sandwich class, Sangmin, Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon, Timawa, Social climber, Nulle terre sans seigneur, Poor White. Excerpt: Gentry (origin Old French genterie, from gentil 'high-born, noble') denotes "well-born and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. "Gentry" in its widest connotation refers to people of good social position connected to landed estates (see "Manorialism"), including various ranks of nobility, clerical upper crust and "gentle" families of long descent who never obtained official right to bear a coat of arms. In England the term often refers to the social class of the landed aristocracy or to the minor aristocracy (see landed gentry) whose income derives from their large la...
