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A new global social history of the middle class Note: This is a simultaneous release. Cloth edition: 9780691195834. The first global history of the middle class While the nineteenth century has been described as the golden age of the European bourgeoisie, the emergence of the middle class and bourgeois culture was by no means exclusive to Europe. The Global Bourgeoisie explores the rise of the middle classes around the world during the age of empire. Bringing together eminent scholars, this landmark essay collection compares middle-class formation in various regions, highlighting differences and similarities, and assesses the extent to which bourgeois growth was tied to the increasing exchange of ideas and goods. The contributors indicate that the middle class was from its very beginning, even in Europe, the result of international connections and entanglements. Essays are grouped into six thematic sections: the political history of middle-class formation, the impact of imperial rule on the colonial middle class, the role of capitalism, the influence of religion, the obstacles to the middle class beyond the Western and colonial world, and, lastly, reflections on the creation of

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Author

Motadel, David ;Dejung, Christof ;Osterhammel, Jürgen

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691195834

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science