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Snobbery: The American Version
Contributor(s): Epstein, Joseph (Author)

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 ISBN: 0618340734     ISBN-13: 9780618340736
Publisher: Harper Perennial
OUR PRICE: $16.14  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2003
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Annotation: "Snobbery" is Epstein's "deliciously readable" ("Harper's Bazaar") collection of essays skewering all manner of elitism. Filled with dishy detail, "Snobbery" takes up its subject in contemporary America, examining the discriminating qualities in all.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Literary Collections | Letters
Dewey: 305.509
LCCN: 2001051623
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.54" W x 9.24" L (0.74 lbs) 288 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Business Week 06/30/2003 pg. 22
New York Times 06/29/2003 pg. 20
 
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Publisher Description:
A national bestseller, Snobbery examines the discriminating qualities in all of us. With dishy detail, Joseph Epstein skewers all manner of elitism in contemporary America. He offers his arch observations of the new footholds of snobbery: food, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, being with-it, name-dropping, and much more. Clever, incisive, and immensely entertaining, Snobberyexplores the shallows and depths of status and taste -- with enviable results.

Contributor Bio(s): Epstein, Joseph: -

JOSEPH EPSTEIN is the author of the best-selling Snobbery and of Friendship, among other books, and was formerly editor of the American Scholar. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and other magazines. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
 
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