The Making of the British Middle Class? Studies of Regional and Cultural Diversity Since the 18th Century

Kidd, Alan (editor); Nicholls, David (editor)

ISBN 10: 0750917814 / ISBN 13: 9780750917810

Editore: Sutton Publishing, Stroud, UK, 1998

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xxxviii, 312pp. Laminated stiff card covers. 8vo. A little gentle edge wear to card covers else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. A collection of edited essays examining the rise of the British middle class through the period of the agricultural and industrial revolutions.

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• Titolo: The Making of the British Middle Class? Studies of Regional and Cultural Diversity Since the 18th Century
• Editore: Sutton Publishing, Stroud, UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0750917814
• ISBN 13: 9780750917810
• Rilegatura: Softcover
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: N/A
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • History - British

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The contributors to this volume examine the history of the British middle classes from the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Geography, economy and occupation recur as factors contributing to differentiation between middling social groups. At the same time, the authors explore the significance for social and political behaviour of shared forms of identity, including a range of cultural practices - religion, voluntary activities and local cultural networks, the cultivation of professional status, education and the language of the press - and their organization and institutional forms: churches, schools, newspapers, voluntary and charitable associations and professional bodies. These several accounts raise broader theoretical and historiographical debates, not least about the vexed question of "class", which are discussed and contextualized by the editors.