The Structured Crowd

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Harold Perkin became the first Professor of Social History in Great Britain in 1967. In this volume, he prepares 13 essays on his specialty...[writing]with verve and imagination on topics that reflect a wide range of scholarly interests. The first andlast essays comprise programmatic discussions of the discipline of social history. The other 11 deal primarily with British social history in the 19th and 20th centuries and include such topics as the popular press, elites, land reform, and social forecasting...highly recommended not only to those interested in social history but also to those interested in tracing the development of a new field of historical inquiry through the works of one of its most prominent practitioners. CHOICE Harold Perkin became the first Professor of Social History in Great Britain in 1967. In this volume, he prepares 13 essays on his specialty...[writing]with verve and imagination on topics that reflect a wide range of scholarly interests. The first and last essays comprise programmatic discussions of the discipline of social history. The other 11 deal primarily with British social history in the 19th and 20th centuries and include such topics as the popular press, elites, land reform, and social forecasting...highly recommended not only to those interested in social history but also to those interested in tracing the development of a new field of historical inquiry through the works of one of its most prominent practitioners. CHOICE