The Vertical Mosaic: An Analysis of Social Class and Power in Canada, 50th Anniversary Edition

Marc Notes: Reprint of: The vertical mosaic: an analysis of social class and power in Canada / John Porter. -- Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1965.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Part I: The Structure of Class1. Class and Power: The Major Themes2. Class, Mobility, and Migration3. Ethnicity and Social Class4. Classes and Incomes5. Rural Decline and New Urban Strata6. Social Class and Educational OpportunityPart II: The Structure of Power7. Elites and the Structure of Power8. The Concentration of Economic Power9. The Economic Elite and Social Structure10. The Structure of Organized Labout11. The Labour Elite12. The Canadian Political System13. The Political Elite14. The Federal Bureaucracy15. The Ideological System: The Mass Media16. The Ideological System: The Higher Learning and the Clergy17. Relations Between ElitesAppendixes1. Class and Social Structure: Tables and Figures2. The Concentration of Economic Power3. How the Other Elites Were SelectedReview Quotes: "Porter has written a masterpiece of empirical sociology, and no one can be properly informed about the structure of Canadian society until he has absorbed the contents of this monograph." - New SocietyReview Quotes: Porter has written a masterpiece of empirical sociology, and no one can be properly informed about the structure of Canadian society until he has absorbed the contents of this monograph. - New Society"Publisher Marketing: John Porter s landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965. A national best seller that sold more than 100,000 copies, the book was the first major study of Canada s class structure and one of the foundational texts in Canadian sociology. Sociologist Irving Louis Horowitz described it as the sociological study of present-day Canada. Fifty years later, the book retains vast significance both for its powerful critique of social exclusivity in a country that prides itself on equality and diversity and for its influence on generations of sociological researchers. The 50th Anniversary Edition features new material which contextualizes the legacy of this important book: a foreword by Porter s colleague, Wallace Clement, and his biographer, Rick Helmes-Hayes, and a new introductory essay by historian Jack Jedwab and sociologist Vic Satzewich."

Contributor Bio:  Porter, John John Porter (1921-1979), one of Canada's leading sociologists, was a professor, dean, and academic vice-president at Carleton University. Contributor Bio:  Clement, Wallace WALLACE CLEMENT is a Professor of Sociology at Carleton University since and the Director of Carleton's Institute of Political Economy. Contributor Bio:  Jedwab, Jack Jack Jedwab is President of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Canadian Institute of Identities and Migration. In 1994-1998 he served as Executive Director of the Quebec Region of the Canadian Jewish Congress. He holds a doctoral degree in Quebec history from Concordia University and has lectured at McGill University and the University of Quebec in Montreal. He is founding editor of the magazines Canadian Issues and Canadian Diversity and publishes essays in books, journals, and newspapers across the country. He has recently co-authored a new introduction for the 50th anniversary edition of John Porter's Canadian sociological classic, The Vertical Mosaic (University of Toronto Press).