Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-445) and index.
Contents
An English obsession, myth and mystery -- Lessons from comparative theories -- What are classes? : and who forms and dissolves them? -- Class formation in two Russias -- Civil society as adversary and collaborator in France -- Civil society acts alone in the United States -- Interim conclusions from three societies -- Re-examining the English mystery -- Testing the puzzle-solving capacity of the argument -- A brief reply to Orwell -- The class system comes to an end.
