1st Edition
Historical Research on Social Mobility Western Europe and the USA in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
1. Introduction 2. The Trend of Social Mobility 3. Opportunities for Upward Mobility among Industrial Workers 4. The Development of Equality of Opportunity in the Education Sector 5. The Recruitment of Elites 6. Appendix: Concepts and Indicators
Biography
Hartmut Kaelble is a German historian. He was Senior Professor of Social History at Humboldt University of Berlin until 2013. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, University of Oxford, and University of Rotterdam. His research interests include Comparative social history of Europe, including history of social inequality, the welfare state, consumption, the family, and History of European Integration.
Review of the first publication:
‘This is a concise, well-written, and intelligent historiographical and analytical essay on historical social mobility studies.’
— Margo Conk, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 13, No. 1
