Rise and Fall of Class in Britain

Name: Rise and Fall of Class in Britain
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ISBN: 9780231096676

ISBN-10: 0231096674

ISBN-13: 9780231096676

Edition: Reprint

Authors: David Cannadine

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Although it is widely believed that the British are obsessed with class to a degree unrivaled by any other nation, politicians in Britain are now calling for a "classless society," and scholars are concluding that class does not matter any more. But has class -- once considered the master narrative of British history -- fallen, failed, and been dismissed? In this wholly original and brilliantly argued book, David Cannadine shows that Britons have indeed been preoccupied with class, but in ways that are invariably ignorant and confused. Cannadine sets out to expose this ignorance and banish this confusion by imaginatively examining class itself, not so much as the history of society but as…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 8/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.73" wide x 8.78" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface



Beyond Class - Forward to Class?


Class as History


Class Dismissed


Class as Social Description


Class Here, Now, and Then



The Eighteenth Century: Class Without Class Struggle


English Social Worlds


British Social Worlds


Social Life and Social Perceptions


Creating a Classless Society



The Nineteenth Century: A Viable Hierarchical Society


Social Visions and Social Divisions


The "Politics of Class" Propounded


The "Politics of Class" Denied


The Way They Saw Things Then



The Twentieth Century: Social Identities and Political Identities


The "Politics of Class" Propounded Again


The "Politics of Class" Denied Again


Class Acts and Class Facts


New Society, Old Society



Conclusion: Toward a "Classless Society"?


Long-Term Retrospective


The Impact of Thatcher


Major, Blair, and Beyond


How We See Ourselves


List of Abbreiviations


Notes


Index