Imagining the Middle Class by 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 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.
'For all those interested in the question whether class is best seen as a category of social and economic history or as an artefact of political discourse, Imagining the Middle Class is essential - and fascinating - reading' Gareth Stedman Jones, King's College, Cambridge
Dror Wahrman is Ruth N. Halls Professor of History at Indiana University and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of The Making of the Modern Self and of Imagining the Middle Class.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521477109 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521477107 |
| Title | Imagining the Middle Class |
| Author | Dror Wahrman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1995-07-13 |
| Number of pages | 444 |
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