Basic social constellations -- Family -- Labor -- Consumption and standard of living -- Changing values and secularization -- Social hierarchies and inequalities -- Elites, intellectuals, and social milieus -- Inequalities within socio-economic circumstances and opportunities for social -- Mobility -- Migration -- Society and state -- The media and european public -- Social movements, social conflicts, and civil society -- The welfare state -- City growth, city life, and urban planning -- Education -- Summary