Smith, Daniel R.,  1989- <br/><br/>
Elites, race and nationhood :  the branded gentry 
Daniel R. Smith 
 - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;  New York, NY :  Palgrave Macmillan,  c2016.. 
 - vi, 173 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Branded gentry -- The gentry aesthetic -- The dialectic of Jack Wills -- Patronage and its conflicts -- Convivial privilege and exclusion -- Ambivalent aspiration -- Conclusion: embedded economies and distributive justice in Arcadia. 
<br/><br/> This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781137509604 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015033233 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Elite (Social sciences)--Great Britain<br/>Social classes--Great Britain<br/>Ethnicity--Great Britain<br/>Group identity--Great Britain<br/>Nationalism--Great Britain<br/>Capitalism--Social aspects--Great Britain<br/>Brand name products--Social aspects--Great Britain
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5/20941