Eley and Nield seek to rescue the deluded follower of social history from the enormous condescension of the cultural turn. They succeed admirably, making the case for a new hybrid socio-cultural history.
Donald Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(09/29/2006) Eley and Neild tackle a contentious debate with a gracious ... Read moreplea for collaboration. Their strong desire to get past the 'culture wars' and to engage social and cultural historians in fruitful dialogue is a welcome move, stylishly executed.
Philippa Levine, University of Southern California
(09/21/2006) The Future of Class in History provides a valuable critical overview of the major debates that have been polarizing the field of History over the last several decades. And it offers important ways of moving beyond those polarities, with new ways of thinking about class and society in a world in which such categories have been radically called into question.
Sherry Ortner, UCLA
(09/18/2006) Much more than a book about the problematic of class, this timely meditation upon the history and politics of the move from social to cultural history will provoke and inspire debate. It is essential reading for all those interested in putting the social back into the analytical frame.
James Vernon, University of California at Berkeley
(09/18/2006) Brilliantly charts social history's past achievement, present dilemma, and future promise in a work distinguished by intellectual openness and generosity.
James A. Epstein, Vanderbilt University
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