Social Classes

The petty bourgeoisie the insecure class between the working class and the bourgeoisie is hugely significant within global politics. Yet it remai...

In recent years, historians have debated fervently on the reason for the decline of British Labour History as an academic discipline. Most certainl...

Drawing on a new generation of scholarship about the civil rights era in America, To the Promised Land goes beyond the iconic view of Martin Luther...

Otto Bauer, the main political leader of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers Party, had a far-reaching impact on the socialist movement across E...

How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal courtand denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of colorThe ...

An insightful and timely analysis of how global economic restructuring will impact workers' struggles in the US. On New Terrain challenges conventi...

Workers in the United States have a rich tradition of fighting back and achieving previously unthinkable gains, from the weekend, to healthcare, to...

This groundbreaking work argues that the origins of American capitalism planted its roots in the strong farmers' movements that were so central to ...

Military metaphors have long played a role in framing questions of Marxist political strategy. Most famously, Gramsci articulated much of his socia...

Technological progress in the 21st Century still remains monopolized by the developed countries, determining the direction and rhythm of growth in ...

Walter Benjamin derided Werner Scholem as a 'rogue' in 1924. Josef Stalin referred him as a 'splendid man', but soon backtracked and labelled him a...

Sikhs arrived and settled in Southeast Asia during the arrival of Western colonial powers in the region. They came primarily as auxiliaries of the ...

Art History as Social Praxis: The Collected Writings of David Craven brings together more than thirty essays that chart the development of Craven s...

Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh. Twilight. A woman takes a step forward into the air. A teenage boy pulls her back. Two lives are changed forever. Libb...

Cooperativism and Democracy, edited by Bartlomiej Blesznowski is not purely a scientific book, but rather a guide which shows how scholars and acti...

As the economic crash of 2007 8 and its sequels developed, neoliberal economists often said that economic theory can never cope with such eruptions...

Considering Class: Theory, Culture and Media in the 21st Century offers the reader international and interdisciplinary perspectives on the importan...

In this important contribution to political theory, Massimo Modonesi develops the thesis that a Marxist theory of political action can be developed...

A sharp witted indictment of the US's broken political system, and a democratic, emancipatory vision for a socialist alternative. The election of D...

'I was able to get on well with everyone below stairs and above, or so I thought until I began working for Lady Astor...' In 1929, Yorkshire lass R...

The British have always been concerned about accent, appearance and class, but at no time during the twentieth century was keeping up appearances m...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing...

First published in 1852, Charles Elmé Francatellis A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes features 241 recipes suitable for small budgets. Fr...

Women of Privilege traces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family where the neighbours were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelt...

Poverty in Britain is at post-war highs and - even with economic growth -is set to increase yet further.  Food bank queues are growing, levels of s...

Since the publication of Michele Alexander's The New Jim Crow books on the criminal justice system have proliferated. In distinction from most of t...

In this important work of scholarship sure to reshape the landscape of critical social sciences, Raju Das offers a critique of many of the influent...

Since its inception, Development Studies has tended to restrict its critical enquiries to nations in the 'Third World.' The field's important studi...

A masterpiece of social satire, featuring one of literatures best-loved characters, Becky Sharp. Ruthless social climber and irrepressibl...

In Identifying a Free Society Milan Zafirovski offers a holistic sociological approach to modern free society as a total social system. The book ex...

How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal courtand denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of colorThe ...

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in EconomicsA renowned economic historian traces womens journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on ...

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in EconomicsA renowned economic historian traces womens journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on ...

James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee Winner of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Book Award, Association of Black Sociologists Winner of the C. Wrigh...

A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal societyIn recent years, scientists like Kathryn...