Imagining the middle class : the political representation of class in Britain, c. 1780-1840 / Dror Wahrman.
Why and how did the British people come to see themselves as living in a society centred around a middle class? The answer provided by Professor Wahrman challenges most prevalent historical narratives: the key to understanding changes in conceptualisations of society, the author argues, lies not in...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
1995.
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| Summary: | Why and how did the British people come to see themselves as living in a society centred around a middle class? The answer provided by Professor Wahrman challenges most prevalent historical narratives: the key to understanding changes in conceptualisations of society, the author argues, lies not in underlying transformations of social structure - in this case industrialisation, which supposedly created and empowered the middle class - but rather in changing political configurations. Firmly grounded in a close reading of an extensive array of sources, and supported by comparative perspectives on France and America, the book offers a nuanced model for the interplay between social reality, politics, and the languages of class. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511622175 0511622171 0521471273 9780521471275 0521477107 9780521477109 0511886284 9780511886287 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511622175 |
| Language: | English. |