Members only : elite clubs and the process of exclusion /
Diana Kendall.
- v, 191 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index.
The world of exclusive clubs -- Exclusion and snobbery take a trip from London to America -- How to "chosen few" are chosen -- Membership has its privileges -- Making connections : clubs and political networks -- Change and resistance to change in membership policies -- Beyond the walls : the wider influence of elite clubs.
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Clubs--United States Elite (Social sciences)--Social networks--United States Social capital (Sociology)--United States Marginality, Social--United States