The Rise of Professional Society

by Harold Perkin

This long awaited sequel to The Origins of Modern English Society explores the rise of 'the forgotten middle class' to show a new principle of social organization.

Genres: History

624 pages, Paperback

First published July 26, 1990

About the author

A specialist in English social history, Harold James Perkin was a Lecturer in Social History at the University of Manchester (1951–1965), then a Senior Lecturer (1965–1967), a Professor (1967–1984) in Social History and Director of the Centre for Social History (1974–84) at the University of Lancaster, and an Emeritus Professor of History at Northwestern University, Illinois (1985–1997).

Reviews

[Martin Willoughby]

An academic book, not for the causal reader, but makes some interesting points.