Social Classes

There has been an explosion of organising among workers many assumed to be unorganisable, from delivery drivers in London to tech workers in Silico...

During the eighteenth century, ladies of high society kept handwritten notes on recipes and it became fashionable to exchange the most successful w...

Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz was an extraordinary figure on the Polish political scene at the turn of the 20th century. A Marxist and patriot, academic a...

A thrilling and vivid work of history, Class War weaves together literature and politics to chart the making and unmaking of social class through r...

How the financial pressures of paying for college affect the lives and well-being of middle-class familiesThe struggle to pay for college is one of...

In most accounts of the origins of money we are offered pleasant tales in which it arises to the mutual benefit of all parties as a result of barte...

Over the last ten years the issue of Europe has been placed at the centre of major political conflicts, revealing profound splits in society. These...

Smashing It celebrates the exceptional works and words of 31 leading working-class artists in Britain. Featuring writing, lyrics and images by Wile...

...the panorama of a self-forgotten milieu.   Monopol Toffs behaving badly: 1980s high society in photos.  The Times The pictorial equivalents of E...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Speaker's Book Award  A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almo...

This is the first comprehensive historical perspective on the relationship between Black workers and the changing patterns of Britain's labour need...

From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and Whats the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of interlocking essays perfect for this politi...

Down the Up Staircase tells the story of one Harlem family across three generations, connecting its journey to the historical and social forces tha...

As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, t...

A story about hope and how every one of us can make a difference.Unsheltered Love is a first-hand reported account of how the pandemic greatly exac...

In the first decades of the twentieth century, print-centered organizations spread rapidly across the United States, providing more women than ever...

A deep exploration of the experience of work in CanadaCanada, A Working History describes the ways in which work has been performed in Canada from ...

Magic Lantern Empire examines German colonialism as a mass cultural and political phenomenon unfolding at the center of a nascent, conflicted Germa...

Kz Uno's Theory of Crisis presents an unparalleled and systematic demonstration of the inevitability of crisis under the capitalist mode of product...

A brilliant (The Washington Post), clear-eyed and incisive (The New Republic) analysis of how the wealthiest group in American society is making li...

In Workers ' Self-Management in Argentina, Marcelo Vieta homes in on the emergence and consolidation of Argentina 's empresas recuperadas por sus t...

How middle-class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilienceConventional wisdom holds that...

As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, t...

Defiant, humorous, empathetic and insightful, ''Not Quite Right For Us'' pierces through the hierarchical mechanics of class, race, gender. A celeb...

How middle-class economic dependence on the state impedes democratization and contributes to authoritarian resilienceConventional wisdom holds that...

An indispensable investigation into the American unemployment system and the ways gender and class affect the lives of those looking for workThroug...

On the night of 4 April 1793, two lovers were preparing to compel a cleric to perform a secret ceremony. The wedding of the sixth son of King Georg...

Seen as a key figure in the critical study of whiteness, US historian David Roediger has sometimes received criticism, and praise, alleging that he...