meh, at best. it’s quite repetitive without any actual analysis or critique, it underplays the impact of intersectionality, and overall neglects large general trends while focusing more on anecdotes and quotes. i crave any sort of analysis of cause and effect, claims on why and how this class structure exists and has been maintained. this book didn’t provide that. on top of that, it isn’t very well organized, and there’s no character or personality in the writing style, so it fails as both a more personable history and as a more analytic, factual one. oh and damn does the author REALLY have to use so many slurs??