This assured and powerful study explores the condition of the middle classes in Britain today. The authors outline a new theoretical perspective for exploring t

This book is a sociological study of a societal grouping that has the popular title ’middle class’. It argues that it is more precise to describe the middle

Mike Savage and Andrew Miles provide a comprehensive introduction to the working class in Britain in the years after 1840. This textbook: * Includes a provocati

The second edition of Consumer Culture explores the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. Celia Lury's up-to-date revision of this successful clas

This volume of Culture and Civilization focuses on cosmopolitanism, the global polity, and political ramifications of globalization. The introduction by Gabriel