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Review: Culture and Society 1780-1950

User Review - Irene - Goodreads

I would say that Williams' strength was hindsight with respect to the Industrial Revolution and how the idea of culture developed during that time, but his weakness was foresight. I was on board until ... Read full review

Review: Culture and Society 1780-1950

User Review - Dustin Hanvey - Goodreads

Very useful study of the ways in which the term "culture" has come to be defined the past two centuries. Covers authors from Bentham, Mill, Coleridge, and Arnold to Lawrence, Orwell, Marx, and TS ... Read full review

Review: Culture and Society 1780-1950

User Review - Malcolm - Goodreads

Although it is now over 50 years old, this remains a great piece of cultural analysis and criticism. It is a model of cultural materialist practice, and makes Williams's case for culture and cultural ... Read full review

Review: Culture and Society 1780-1950

User Review - Paul - Goodreads

If you want to see how to do genealogy, don't read Foucault. Raymond Williams did it first and did it better. Read full review

Review: Culture and Society, 1780-1950 (Pelican)

User Review - Justin Evans - Goodreads

A gold-mine for quotes from authors you should have read but never will (Gissing, Carlyle, Ruskin etc etc...), Williams sums up the argument of this book in two paragraphs of his conclusion: the ... Read full review

Review: Culture and Society 1780-1950

User Review - Miriam - Goodreads

If you believe that well-known British authors are an adequate source for judging cultural changes everywhere (including non-Anglophone countries) than this is a great book. Read full review