The Rise of Professional Society: England Since, 1880

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Summary: A Sparkling New Light on the Contemporary World
Review: One can hardly exaggerate the importance of this book in Historical research. This analysis of the mechanisms of Modern English society presents an original and suggesting view point about the industrialised world as a whole, one that seems to put together all the pieces Historians had gathered without knowing how to connect. Harold Perkin shows how the professional elites in both hemispheres have been shaping the world to their image, interests and ambitions, and what dangers this scenario brings with it. His theory overcomes the old-fashioned and limited concepts of capitalism and socialism that have hampered any progress in our understanding of the contemporary world and created myths that should no longer prevail. A must.