In recent years, the concept of class has come under increasing scrutiny, as a means of explaining both the present and the past. The post-industrial class has superceded the manual working class, and new forms of industrial management have broken up more traditional hierarchies and outlooks. Furthermore, feminism has now brought into question the whole concept of a class identity. Can class viably explain the present? Did it ever provide an adequate explanation of the past? How did concepts of class develop? What is the language of class? A variety of writings are drawn upon here to suggest answers to these questions, to provide a balanced survey of thought on class, from Marx and Weber to the present day, and to look beyond this towards the very future of class.

About the Author
Patrick Joyce is Lecturer in History at the University of Manchester.

Reviews
The collection offers a valuable insight into the problems and an interesting choice of views on the various facets of class. * the Journal of Indo-European Studies *



Book Information
ISBN 9780192892522
Author Patrick Joyce
Format Paperback
Page Count 380
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 137mm * 21mm