 | The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe 1780-1914 Subjects: Humanities; Social Sciences; History; Sociology & Social Policy; British History; Modern History 1750-1945; Social & Cultural History; Labor History; Social Class; First published in 1995. Geoffrey Crossick and Heinz-Gerhard Haupt provide a major overview of the social, economic, cultural and political development of the petite bourgeoisie in eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe. Through comparative analysis the authors examine issues such as the centrality of small enterprise to industrial change, the importance of family and locality to the petit-bourgeois world, the search for stability and status, and the associated political move to the right. This title will be of interest to students of history. Geoffrey Crossick, Heinz-Gerhard Haupt |
