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In modern britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. As with many terms describing social class, working class is defined and used in many different ways. The cultures can be contrasted with high culture and folk culture, and are sometimes equated with popular culture and low culture the counterpart of high culture. Project muse the intellectual life of the british working. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get. Now in its second edition, this landmark book provides an intellectual history of the british working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. All thinking people will be inspired by the memoirs, social surveys, statistics and.
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