The Ideologies of Class Social Relations in Britain 1880-1950 [Hardcover]

In this incisive analysis of the social character of the British working class from 1880 to the early 1950s, McKibbin examines different aspects of British political, social, and economic history to give an integrated explanation of the development of modern British society and the ideological assumptions on which it is founded.

McKibbin's essays are often fresh and illuminating....McKibbin writes gracefully and displays remarkable scope and erudition. --The New York Review of Books

A very good book....Insightful, lively, learned. --Albion

An achievement of genuine importance....A stimulating collection whose arguments should produce debate and discussion for some time to come. --Journal of Social History

[The essays] are uniformly excellent, and should be read by anybody who is interested in the history, sociology or politics of Britain in the 20th century. --London Review of Books

The essays in this book...amount to a powerful empirical and theoretical examination of the relationship between the working class and society. --American Historical Review