First published in 1977. This book records the emergence of a lower middle class in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Victorian society had always contained a marginal middle class of shopkeepers and small businessmen, but in the closing decades of the nineteenth century the growth of white-collar salaried occupations created a new and distinctive force in the social structure. These essays look at the place of the lower middle class within British society and examine its ideals and values. Some essays concentrate on occupational groups - clerks and shopkeepers - while others focus on aspects of lower middle class life - religion, housing and jingoism. This title will be of interest to students of history.
- ISBN10 0312499809
- ISBN13 9780312499808
- Publish Date 1 January 1977
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 May 2021
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Language English