Social classes

In his controversial 1973 book, Is God a White Racist?

Why do people vote against their own interests?

In 1980, single mother families were five times more likely than two-parent families to be poor.

On its initial publication, The Roman Community at Table during the Principate broke new ground with its approach to the integral place of feasting in ancient Roman culture and the unique power of food to unite and to separate its recipients along class lines throughout the Empire.

Fran Leeper Buss, a former welfare recipient who earned a PhD in history and became a pioneer in the field of oral history, has for forty years dedicated herself to the goal of collecting the stories of marginal and working-class U.

On its initial publication, The Roman Community at Table during the Principate broke new ground with its approach to the integral place of feasting in ancient Roman culture and the unique power of food to unite and to separate its recipients along class lines throughout the Empire.

Middle Class Union argues that the period following World War I was a pivotal moment in the development of middle-class consumer politics in the 20th century.

Middle Class Union argues that the period following World War I was a pivotal moment in the development of middle-class consumer politics in the 20th century.

Fran Leeper Buss, a former welfare recipient who earned a PhD in history and became a pioneer in the field of oral history, has for forty years dedicated herself to the goal of collecting the stories of marginal and working-class U.

Der agyptische Jurist Muhammad Qadri Pasha (gest.

Der agyptische Jurist Muhammad Qadri Pasha (gest.

Enter a dark and magical world of ballrooms and bloodshed in the gripping new Gilded Age fantasy from the multi-award winning author of The City in Glass, perfect for fans of M L Wang's Blood Over Bright Haven and Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

‘You’re unlikely to read a more impressive first novel this year’ New York Times Book Review

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER IN AMERICA WINNER OF THE 2025 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION  SHORTLISTED FOR THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE* LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES PATTERSON PRIZE  in collaboration with Bookshop * Chosen as a BOOK OF THE YEAR in the Washington Post and New York Times Book Review

'RIGHT UP TO THE VERY END OF THE BOOK, SKELETONS CONTINUE TO FALL OUT OF THE CLOSET.

The sesquicentenary of the Great Irish Famine saw the emergence of seminal, often revisionist, scholarship addressing the impact of the catastrophe on Ireland's economy (including its relations with Britain) and investigating topics such as the suffering of the rural classes, landlord and tenant relations, Poor Laws and relief operations.

The sesquicentenary of the Great Irish Famine saw the emergence of seminal, often revisionist, scholarship addressing the impact of the catastrophe on Ireland's economy (including its relations with Britain) and investigating topics such as the suffering of the rural classes, landlord and tenant relations, Poor Laws and relief operations.

This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language.

This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language.

At both ends of the wealth spectrum, the laws governing credit and debt hardwire patterns of both privilege and poverty.

Traume kennen keine Herkunft: die Geschichte eines unwahrscheinlichen AufstiegsUber Chancenungleichheit diskutieren wir meistens dann, wenn neue, erschreckende PISA-Ergebnisse durch die Nachrichten gehen.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A masterfully executed ace'GUARDIAN'Sophisticated .

What will human life look like a hundred years from now—and what forces are already pushing us there?

In Academic Apartheid, sociologist Sean J.

In Academic Apartheid, sociologist Sean J.

A fascinating exploration of status, and how small advantages end up compounding into vast inequalities.

Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains whyhomelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it.

Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains whyhomelessness has become a crisis in America and reveals the structural conditions that underlie it.

From the author of the Orwell Prize-winner SHOW ME THE BODIES: HOW WE LET GRENFELL HAPPEN, the gripping story of how housing defines a city's past, present and future A Waterstones Book of the Year 2025 'Apps set the gold standard with his Grenfell coverage.

Aneurin Bevan is a revered figure in Welsh and British politics, celebrated for his role as the founder of one of the country's most cherished institutions, the National Health Service.

'Vivid and compelling' - The Telegraph'A masterful portrait of the city' - Observer'A propulsive, gorgeously reported account of the forces that re-shaped New York in the late 1980s, The Gods of New York is brilliant historical non-fiction that doubles as a warning about the future.

OPEN ACCESSThe analysis of land management, lineage, and family through the case study of early modern Spanish nobility from sixteenth to early nineteenth century is a major issue in recent historiography.

Winner of the 2024 Francis Jones Prize for Welsh History.

Winner of the 2024 Francis Jones Prize for Welsh History.

Aneurin Bevan is a revered figure in Welsh and British politics, celebrated for his role as the founder of one of the country's most cherished institutions, the National Health Service.

This book sets out the options available to local housing authorities and housing associations, primarily by reference to England, in seeking to detect and act upon housing fraud.

Precarious Sociality, Ethics and Politics: French Documentary Cinema in the Early Twenty-First Century brings an original perspective on French cinema's 'return to work' in the early twenty-first century, focusing on the transformation of cinematic activism in view of the rapid dissolution of class narratives and solidarities.

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic breaks new ground in uncovering penny titles which have been hitherto largely neglected from literary discourse revealing the cultural, social and literary significance of these working-class texts.

Precarious Sociality, Ethics and Politics: French Documentary Cinema in the Early Twenty-First Century brings an original perspective on French cinema's 'return to work' in the early twenty-first century, focusing on the transformation of cinematic activism in view of the rapid dissolution of class narratives and solidarities.

This book sets out the options available to local housing authorities and housing associations, primarily by reference to England, in seeking to detect and act upon housing fraud.

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic breaks new ground in uncovering penny titles which have been hitherto largely neglected from literary discourse revealing the cultural, social and literary significance of these working-class texts.

This eminently timely volume offers a critical examination of the educational experiences of white working-class boys, interrogating the impact of neoliberal education policies, hegemonic masculinity and the increasing influence of digital culture on how they engage, or disengage, with schooling.

The famous piece of American literature The Souls of Black Folk was written by W.

The rise of both the empire of cotton and the empire of fashion in the nineteenth century brought new opportunities for sartorial self-expression to millions of ordinary people who could now afford to dress in style and assert their physical presence.

The rise of both the empire of cotton and the empire of fashion in the nineteenth century brought new opportunities for sartorial self-expression to millions of ordinary people who could now afford to dress in style and assert their physical presence.

Marx and Engels' concept of the "e;lumpenproletariat,"e; or underclass (an anglicized, politically neutral term), appears in The Communist Manifesto and other writings.

'A significant piece of work' Diane Abbott'A rigorous and fearless development and dissection of the Black Middle Class in Britain' Derek OwusuA landmark portrait of modern Britain, The Good, the Black and the Boujee is a critical reckoning with the pursuit of 'black excellence'.

Marx and Engels' concept of the "e;lumpenproletariat,"e; or underclass (an anglicized, politically neutral term), appears in The Communist Manifesto and other writings.

This eminently timely volume offers a critical examination of the educational experiences of white working-class boys, interrogating the impact of neoliberal education policies, hegemonic masculinity and the increasing influence of digital culture on how they engage, or disengage, with schooling.