ISBN:
9780511622175
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5/5
Keywords:
Geschichte 1700-1800
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Geschichte 1780-1840
;
Geschichte
;
Politik
;
Middle class / Great Britain / History / 18th century
;
Middle class / Great Britain / History / 19th century
;
Repräsentation
;
Mittelstand
;
Politische Sprache
;
Sprache
;
Großbritannien
;
Great Britain / Politics and government / 18th century
;
Great Britain / Politics and government / 19th century
;
Großbritannien
;
Großbritannien
;
Mittelstand
;
Politische Sprache
;
Geschichte 1780-1840
;
Großbritannien
;
Mittelstand
;
Sprache
;
Geschichte 1780-1840
;
Großbritannien
;
Mittelstand
;
Repräsentation
;
Geschichte 1780-1840
Abstract:
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
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Feb 2016)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511622175
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622175
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