UID:
almafu_9959233543502883
Format:
1 online resource (403 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-134-42549-X
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1-138-13478-3
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0-415-29890-3
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1-134-42550-3
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1-280-09470-2
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0-203-41270-2
Series Statement:
Studies in social history
Content:
〈P〉Bringing together subjects such as culture, religion, morals, politics, economics, and mentality, Perkin presents and applies a holistic concept of social history in the tradition of great historians of the past. 〈/P〉〈P〉In this classic text of social history, Harold Perkin explores the emergence of a new form of class society in Victorian England, which differed radically from early modern society. He locates the origins of the modern English class system in the Industrial Revolution, the impact of which went beyond economy and technology, and changed the ways of living and perceptions of t
Note:
Previous ed.: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; It is not more than seventy or eighty years since, that a few humble mechanics in Lanarkshire, distinguished by scarcely anything more than mechanical ingenuity and perseverance of character, succeeded in forming a few, but important mechanical combinations, the effect of which has been to revolutionize the whole of British society, and to influence, in a marked degree, the progress of civilization in every quarter of the globe.'A MEMBER OF THE MANCHESTER ATHENAEUM', 1844; Contents; Introduction to the 2002 Edition
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Preface to the First Edition ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE FOOTNOTES ; I The More Than Industrial Revolution ; II The Old Society ; 1. A CLASSLESS HIERARCHY ; 2. PROPERTY AND PATRONAGE ; 3. A DYNAMIC SOCIETY ; III The Social Causes of Industrialism ; 1. SOCIETY AND THE ANCILLARY CAUSES ; 2. SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMIC FACTORS ; 3. THE PROBLEM OF TIMING ; IV The Revolution in Social Organization ; 1. THE RISE IN THE SCALE OF ORGANIZATION ; 2. 'PETTY'S LAW' ; V The Social Consequences of Industrialism ; 1. THE REVOLUTION IN LIVING STANDARDS ; 2. INDUSTRIALISM AND THE FAMILY
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3. URBANIZATION AND SOCIETY VI The Birth of Class ; 1. INDUSTRIALISM AND CLASS CONFLICT ; 2. 'THE ABDICATION ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNORS' ; 3. THE MIDWIFE OF CLASS ; 4. THE DELAYED BIRTH ; VII The Struggle between the Ideals ; 1. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAL ; 2. THE WORKING-CLASS IDEAL ; 3. THE REVIVAL OF THE ARISTOCRATIC IDEAL ; 4. THE FORGOTTEN MIDDLE CLASS ; VIII The Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Ideal ; 1. THE MORAL REVOLUTION ; 2. THE BATTLE FOR THE MIND ; 3. THE BATTLE FOR THE STATE ; 4. THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF GOVERNMENT ; IX The Rise of a Viable Class Society
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1. THE ROLE OF RELIGION 2. THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS ; 3. THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE WORKING CLASS ; X Entrepreneurial Society: Ideal and Reality ; 1. PROGRESS AND POVERTY ; 2. THE EMERGING PLUTOCRACY ; 3. THE DECLINE OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAL ; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-31699-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-05922-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203412701
