ABSTRACT

Bringing together subjects such as culture, religion, morals, politics, economics, and mentality, Perkin presents and applies a holistic concept of social history in the tradition of great historians of the past.

In this classic text of social history, Harold Perkin explores the emergence of a new form of class society in Victorian England, which differed radically from early modern society. He locates the origins of the modern English class system in the Industrial Revolution, the impact of which went beyond economy and technology, and changed the ways of living and perceptions of the English people in many ways.

Origins of Modern English Society maintains its influence as a comprehensive and integrative survey of a crucial period in the development of English society.

chapter I|13 pages

The More Than Industrial Revolution

chapter 1|18 pages

A CLASSLESS HIERARCHY

chapter 2|15 pages

PROPERTY AND PATRONAGE

chapter 3|5 pages

A DYNAMIC SOCIETY

chapter 1|8 pages

SOCIETY AND THE ANCILLARY CAUSES

chapter 2|20 pages

SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMIC FACTORS

chapter 3|7 pages

THE PROBLEM OF TIMING

chapter 1|14 pages

THE RISE IN THE SCALE OF ORGANIZATION

chapter 2|8 pages

‘PETTY’S LAW’

chapter 1|12 pages

THE REVOLUTION IN LIVING STANDARDS

chapter 2|10 pages

INDUSTRIALISM AND THE FAMILY

chapter 3|13 pages

URBANIZATION AND SOCIETY

part VI|1 pages

The Birth of Class

chapter 1|5 pages

INDUSTRIALISM AND CLASS CONFLICT

chapter 3|11 pages

The Mid wife of Class

chapter 4|9 pages

THE DELAYED BIRTH

part VII|2 pages

The Struggle between the Ideals

chapter 1|8 pages

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAL

chapter 2|6 pages

THE WORKING-CLASS IDEAL

chapter 3|13 pages

THE REVIVAL OF THE ARISTOCRATIC IDEAL

chapter 4|15 pages

THE FORGOTTEN MIDDLE CLASS

part VIII|1 pages

The Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Ideal

chapter 1|15 pages

THE MORAL REVOLUTION

chapter 2|15 pages

THE BATTLE FOR THE MIND

chapter 3|9 pages

THE BATTLE FOR THE STATE

chapter 4|16 pages

THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF GOVERNMENT

part IX|5 pages

The Rise of a Viable Class Society

chapter 1|15 pages

THE ROLE OF RELIGION

part X|1 pages

Entrepreneurial Society: Ideal and Reality

chapter 1|16 pages

PROGRESS AND POVERTY

chapter 2|7 pages

THE EMERGING PLUTOCRACY

chapter 3|16 pages

THE DECLINE OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAL