214 Pages
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Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1977. This book records the emergence of a lower middle class in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Victorian society had always contained a marginal middle class of shopkeepers and small businessmen, but in the closing decades of the nineteenth century the growth of white-collar salaried occupations created a new and distinctive force in the social structure. These essays... Read more
Tables; Preface; 1. The Emergence of the Lower Middle Class in Britain: A Discussion Geoffrey Crossick 2. White Collar Values and the Role of Religion Hugh McLeod 3. Society, Status and Jingoism: The Social Roots of Lower Middle Class Patriotism, 1870-1900 Richard N. Price 4. The Social Economy of Late-Victorian Clerks G. L. Anderson 5. Religion, Culture and Social Class in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Edinburgh R. Q. Gray 6. Housing and the Lower Middle Class, 1870-1914 S. Martin Gaskell 7. The Small Shopkeeper in Industrial and Market Towns Thea Vigne and Alun Howkins; Index
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Geoffrey Crossick
