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American Social Indicators
http://www.aminso.com/
This site offers current social class research to the student. Primary areas for discussion include indicators, questions, and discussion. The section on indicators is a nice example of hypertext and a statistical review of social class.

Bibliography on Class
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/CLASS/bibA.html
Albert Benschop of the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam has compiled a very extensive bibliography on social class. None of the entries are in hypertext.

Critical Issue: Realizing New Learning for All Students through Professional Development
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/profdevl/pd200.htm
Educators are increasingly realizing the impact of community involvement in teaching and learning. Culture assumes various definitions in the educational literature. This site is an important resource for assisting educators to communicate with adults of several social classes in the reform of public education.

Disney's Celebration
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/celebration.html
One of the newest innovations of Disney is the construction of Celebration, a planned community near Orlando. This web site will provide some connection with other sites on the subject of social class. Included in the site are some online essays on the development and construction of Celebration and a very nice photo gallery.

Homeless in America
http://www.commnet.edu/QVCTC/student/GaryOKeefe/homeless/frame.html
A serious overview of homelessness. This page discusses the new poverty, homelessness, families, veterans, joblessness, chemical dependency, mental illness, domestic violence, health, and education.

"The Plain People"
http://www.800padutch.com/amish.html
The Amish are a religious group who live in 22 U.S. states and in Ontario, Canada. This is an excellent page on the culture of the Amish, the Mennonites, the Brethren, and the other "Plain People" which contains some very good photos and is very descriptive of the "plain people." This page may reflect a different dimension of discussions on social class

Social Class in Contemporary Societies
http://www.spc.uchicago.edu/SocialClass/about.html
Social Class in contemporary societies is an electronic medium for scholars to discuss social class. An article index (hypertext) is provided, and a relevant set of links are also provided.

Social Class
http://www.inlink.com/~tfc/class.html
This site list three ways of viewing social stratification: three class system, six class system, and the nine class system. Max Weber's concepts of power, wealth, and prestige are discussed.

Social Class and Poverty
http://www.abacon.com/sociology/soclinks/sclass.html
This is an Allyn and Bacon commercial site. This page has numerous links, and is categorized as follows: general sites on social class and poverty, the homeless, and hunger.

Social Class and Stratification
http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/COURSES/SOC401/401syll.html
Sociology 401/501—This page is a syllabus for a class on social class and stratification. This syllabus is a good introduction to these two concepts.

Welfare Mom Homepage
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1064/
A welfare mother discusses some of the myth of welfare. Readings, resources and links are provided. Of particular value is the self portrait written by the author.

The Underclass and the Culture of Poverty
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/classes/ECN258/undercla.htm
This site provides for a discussion of both concepts, underclass and culture of poverty. These concepts are reviewed from several sociological perspectives.

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
http://www.mcmaster.ca/socscidocs/w3virtsoclib/socnet.htm
This is a very serious web site for the study of social class as well as many other issues in sociology. This is truly a megasite for students of sociology.

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