History and Cultural Theory by Simon Gunn

History and Cultural Theory by Simon Gunn

"This is an outstanding work of elucidation and criticism, written with rare lucidityIt will be invaluable to both students and seasoned researchers".

John Tosh, Roehampton University, USA

"...a well-informed, lucid and balanced survey of the field."

Peter Burke, University of Cambridge, UK

"Consistently intelligent and thoughtful, this book provides an accessible guide to the theoretical forms that proved most generative of historical scholarship and historiographical debate in Britain over the last four decades."

James Vernon, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Simon Gunn is Reader in History in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is the author of The Public Culture of the Victorian Middle Class and was historical adviser to the highly praised BBC2 series, Middle Classes, from which he also co-authored the book, published by Cassell, 2002. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels on the relationship between history and cultural theory, and has published articles on the ideas of theorists including Walter Benjamin, Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault.