| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Series |
History: concepts, theories and practice |
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History: concepts, theories and practice.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the series; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section One: Classical foundations; Chapter 1: The making of class; Chapter 2: Class and class consciousness; Section Two: Culture against society; Chapter 3: The cultural turn; Chapter 4: From social to cultural history; Chapter 5: The languages of class; Section Three: Foregrounding others; Chapter 6: Foregrounding gender; Chapter 7: Foregrounding race; Chapter 8: Class and beyond; Conclusion; Guide to key reading; References; Index |
| Summary |
In the 1960s and 1970s the study of history and sociology was heavily influenced by Marxism and theories of class. But the collapse of Communism and significant changes in culture and society threw the study of class into crisis. Its most basic premises were called into question. More recently accelerating globalisation, proliferating multinational corporations and unbridled free-market capitalism have given the study of class a new significance and caused historians and sociologists to revisit the debate. This book looks at the changes that caused the crisis in the study of cl |
| Notes |
Originally published: Harlow : Pearson, 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-252) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social classes.
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Social Class
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social classes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Social classes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317866510 |
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1317866517 |
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9781315834986 |
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1315834987 |
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