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Middle Classes: Their Rise and Sprawl

Middle Classes: Their Rise and Sprawl

by RachelBell (Author), SimonGunn (Author)

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    Hardcover 2002

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Synopsis

The rise of the English middle class from the mid-nineteenth century onwards is one of the great untold stories of social history. Many of the most profound cultural changes of the twentieth century - the rise of concepts like professionalism, privacy, respectability, consumerism, the centrality of home - were driven by the inexorable expansion of the suburban middle class. The original BBC2 series (broadcast in early 2001) was rapturously received, combining interviews from over 50 people telling their own stories with comment and analysis by prominent historians and sociologists. The book will share this structure but will explore the subject in much greater depth.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: W&N
Published: 13 Jun 2002
ISBN 10: 0304361399
ISBN 13: 9780304361397
Book Overview: Television history continues to drive book sales, cf Simon Schama's A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES The middle classes - social grouping ABC1 - represent the single biggest percentage of the population (66 per cent) and 75 per cent of all book sales The issue of class guarantees publicity and media debate Illustrations will feature interviewees' own photographs and memorabilia No simple overview can do justice to this programme - an exemplary series and mandatory viewing Will Self, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY.

Media Reviews
'Based on a major BBC television series, MIDDLE CLASSES: THEIR RISE AND SPRAWL is a scintillating exploration of the mock-Tudor and net-curtained world of the English bourgeoisie.'Travis Elborough, WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY Simon Gunn and Rachel Bell have done lots of regional radio interviews including: BBC RADIO WALES, BBC GMR, BBC MIDLANDS LATE SHOW, BBC RADIO LEEDS, BBC RADIO BRISTOL, BBC WILTSHIRE SOUND, BBC RADIO SOLENT and BBC RADIO KENT. Frank McLynn in the SUNDAY EXPRESS (23/6) has given the book a 4-star review: '[The authors'] mix of anecdotes, case studies, and abstract discussion turns out to
Author Bio
Simon Gunn is a Principal Lecturer in History at Leeds Metropolitan University and author of the widely praised THE PUBLIC CULTURE OF THE VICTORIAN MIDDLE CLASS (MUP 2000). Rachel Bell was the series producer for BBC Bristol's MIDDLE CLASSES AND ARISTOCRACY.