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The fall and rise of the English upper class
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- Book Synopsis
- The fall and rise of the English upper class explores the role traditionalist worldviews, articulated by members of the historic upper-class, have played in British society in the shadow of her imperial and economic decline in the twentieth century. Situating these traditionalist visions alongside Britain's post-Brexit fantasies of global economic resurgence and a socio-cultural return to a green and pleasant land, Smith examines Britain's Establishment institutions, the estates of her landed gentry and aristocracy, through to an appetite for nostalgic products represented with pastoral or pre-modern symbolism. It is demonstrated that these institutions and pursuits play a central role in situating social, cultural and political belonging. Crucially these institutions and pursuits rely upon a form of membership which is grounded in a kinship idiom centred upon inheritance and descent: who inherits the houses of privilege, inherits England.
- About The Author
- Daniel R. Smith is a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781526157010
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press, (18 April 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 272
- Weight
- 494 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 138 x 19.05 mm
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