Culture and society, 1780-1950 / Raymond Williams.
By: Williams, Raymond
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Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus, 1963, 1985Description: xx, 362 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0231057016 (pbk.).Subject(s): Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 20th centurySummary: The organizing principle of this book is the discovery that the idea of culture, and the word itself in its general modern uses, came into English thinking in the period which we commonly describe as that of the Industrial Revolution. The book is an attempt to show how and why this happened, and to follow the idea through to our own day.
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On spine: Culture & society, 1780-1950.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, c1958.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The organizing principle of this book is the discovery that the idea of culture, and the word itself in its general modern uses, came into English thinking in the period which we commonly describe as that of the Industrial Revolution. The book is an attempt to show how and why this happened, and to follow the idea through to our own day.
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