The Rise of Professional Society by Harold Perkin

The Rise of Professional Society by Harold Perkin

The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis. Perkins argues that the non-capitalist "professional class" represents a new principle of social organization based on trained expertise and meritocracy, a "forgotten middle class" conveniently overlooked by classical social theorists.

'A true magnum opusNo social historian can afford not to read it.' – Asa Briggs

'Accessible to the general reader, indispensable to the scholar and a solid achievement of synthesis and clarity.' – TheObserver

Harold Perkin is Professor Emeritus of History at Northwestern University, Evanstone, Illinois; Professor Emeritus at Lancaster University and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He is author of numerous books including The Origins of English Society 1780-880 (1969), The Age of the Railway (1970) and The Third Revolution (1996).

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ISBN 13	9780415301787
ISBN 10	0415301785
Title	The Rise of Professional Society
Author	Harold Perkin
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2002-10-31
Number of pages	632
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