A01=Harold Perkin
Author_Harold Perkin
British capitalism transformation
Career Hierarchies
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Clarendon Schools
Class
Class Society
Coal Fires
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expertise-based society
Firemen
hall
ideal
International Monetary Fund
Large Families
Late Victorian Age
Marlborough House Set
Master Conflict
meritocracy studies
Middle Class
National Confederation
occupational hierarchy
private
Private Sector Professionals
Professional Social Ideal
Professional Society
professionalisation of social classes
professionals
Property Defence League
public
Public Administration
school
sector
Shop Stewards
Small Business Men
social
social stratification
toynbee
Toynbee Hall
Tug
welfare state origins
West Germany
World War
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138153004
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Aug 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis. Perkins argues that the non-capitalist "professional class" represents a new principle of social organization based on trained expertise and meritocracy, a "forgotten middle class" conveniently overlooked by classical social theorists.
Harold Perkin is Professor Emeritus of History at Northwestern University, Evanstone, Illinois; Professor Emeritus at Lancaster University and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He is author of numerous books including The Origins of English Society 1780-880 (1969), The Age of the Railway (1970) and The Third Revolution (1996).
