Class, identity and the urban: The middle class in England, c. 1790-1950

Urban History

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-47

  Gunn, Simon ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; STATE ROLE; URBAN SOCIETY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5444234074     PISSN: 09639268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963926804001774     Document Type: Article

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