This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the working class in Britain in the years after 1850, and shows how social mobility and urban change affected working class formation.[...]
Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940 examines how, between 1940 and 1970 British society was marked by the imprint of the academic social sciences in profound ways which have an enduring legacy on how we see ourselves. It focuses on how interview methods and sample surveys eclipsed li[...]
This second edition incorporates developments in the literature on urban inequality, urban culture, urban politics and globalization. It offers a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute account of its subject, ideal for study purposes at undergraduate level and beyond.[...]
Culture, Class, Distinction is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu's classic study of [...]