The Middle Class

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349143453

Price: £16.99

Disclosure: If you buy products using the retailer buttons above, we may earn a commission from the retailers you visit.

Reviews

A magisterial, sweeping new history... Its strength lies not so much in its generalisations and conclusions as in its welter of colourful detail and insidious anecdote, mostly apposite
Herald
James is a well-informed guide to the past, conducting us on a tour from Chaucer to Thatcher. He has a sharp eye for detail
INDEPENDENT
An enchanting compendium of the games the English play, and the anxieties, frictions and resentments engendered in the pursuit of status
TLS
A rollicking, affectionate romp through seven centuries that provokes much thought... well written and an enjoyable read
The Times
Full of fascinating quotations and figures
Literary Review
[A] magisterial, sweeping new history of the middle class in Britain . . . Amirable
HERALD
Our editor's favourite book of the season. Unputdownable
GQ
Those who buy this book will find something to intrigue them on almost every page
Sunday Telegraph
James is a well-informed guide to that past, conducting us on a tour from Chaucer to Thatcher... He has a sharp eye for detail
Independent
Those who buy this book will find something to intrigue them on almost every page
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Scholarly yet entertaining
Scottish Review
Gripping and illuminating... a celebration which is hugely overdue
Spectator
Readable and full of fascinating quotations and figures
LITERARY REVIEW
Wonderful... one of those volumes which should be buried in a time-capsule for the benefit of future civilisations
Financial Times