The Making of the British Middle Class?: Studies of Regional and Cultural Diversity Since the Eighteenth Century (Modern British History S.) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750917806 ISBN 13: 9780750917803

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750917806
• ISBN 13: 9780750917803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Kidd Alan, Nicholls David