"Learned, elegant, and thoughtful. One might almost say classy." -- John Naughton, The London Times "A book which displays the lucidity, learning, and imaginative grasp for which the author is already widely admired." -- Roger Scruton, Literary Review "By far the best study of this slippery subject that I have ever read." -- Peregrine Worsthorne, Spectator "Invariably stimulating... lights up the history of the past three centuries from an angle to which we are largely unaccustomed." -- Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph "Everyone interested in the evolution of contemporary Britain should read this book." -- Arthur Marwick, Observer "Fascinating and deeply enjoyable." -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Atlantic Monthly

Traces the concept of class through social, intellectual, and political history from the eighteenth century through the twentieth.
"Learned, elegant, and thoughtful. One might almost say classy." -- John Naughton, The London Times "A book which displays the lucidity, learning, and imaginative grasp for which the author is already widely admired." -- Roger Scruton, Literary Review "By far the best study of this slippery subject that I have ever read." -- Peregrine Worsthorne, Spectator "Invariably stimulating... lights up the history of the past three centuries from an angle to which we are largely unaccustomed." -- Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph "Everyone interested in the evolution of contemporary Britain should read this book." -- Arthur Marwick, Observer "Fascinating and deeply enjoyable." -- Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Atlantic Monthly
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ISBN
9780231096669
Publisert
1998-11-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Columbia University Press
Vekt
590 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
165 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320

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David Cannadine is professor of history and director of the Institute of Historical Research at London University. He is the author of numerous books including The Pleasures of the Past; The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy; G. M. Trevelyan: A Life in History; and History in Our Time.