Culture and Society
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| Author | Raymond Williams |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Cultural studies |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus |
Publication date | 1958 |
| Media type | Print (book) |
| ISBN | 0-7012-0792-2 |
| OCLC | 16466015 |
Culture and Society, 1780-1950 is a book published in 1958 by Welsh progressive writer Raymond Williams, exploring how the notion of culture developed in Great Britain, from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Williams argues that the notion of culture developed in response to the Industrial Revolution and the social and political changes it brought in its wake.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Synopsis
According to Oliver Bennet, in writing a review for the International Journal of Cultural Policy about this book in 2010, "In examining the work of over 40 writers, including Burke, Coleridge, Carlyle, Mill, Matthew Arnold, Marx, William Morris, Oscar Wilde and T.S. Eliot, Williams identifies a tradition of thinking about culture, which develops in response to the changing social and economic conditions brought about by the growth of industrialism." [9]
Further reading
By Williams
- Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society (Croom Helm, 1976). Originally intended as an appendix to Culture and Society.
About Williams
- Milligan, Don (2007). Raymond Williams: Hope and Defeat in the Struggle for Socialism. Studies in Anti-Capitalism. E-book.
- Mulhern, Francis (January–February 2009). "Culture and Society, Then and Now". New Left Review. II (55). New Left Review.
See also
References
- ^ Clive, John (July 1959). "Review: Culture and Society, 1780-1950 by Raymond Williams". The American Historical Review. 64 (4): 934–935. doi:10.2307/1905142. JSTOR 1905142.
- ^ Betsky, Seymour (1960). "Reviewed work: Culture and Society, 1780-1950, Raymond Williams". Victorian Studies. 3 (3): 298–301. JSTOR 3825502.
- ^ Lerner, Arthur (1959). "Reviewed work: Culture and Society, 1780-1950, Raymond Williams". Books Abroad. 33 (4): 471–472. doi:10.2307/40096964. JSTOR 40096964.
- ^ Wilkins, M. S. (1960). "Reviewed work: Culture and Society, 1780-1950., Raymond Williams". Political Science Quarterly. 75 (2): 302–303. doi:10.2307/2146178. JSTOR 2146178.
- ^ Oliver, R. A. C. (1959). "Reviewed work: Culture and Society, 1780-1950, Raymond Williams". British Journal of Educational Studies. 8 (1): 74–75. doi:10.2307/3119341. JSTOR 3119341.
- ^ Schlegel, Johannes (2018). "Raymond Williams (1921–1988), Culture and Society, 1780–1950 (1958)". Kulturpoetik. 18 (1): 107–115. doi:10.13109/kult.2018.18.1.107. JSTOR 26422523.
- ^ Shashidhar, R. (1997). "Culture and Society: An Introduction to Raymond Williams". Social Scientist. 25 (5/6): 33–53. doi:10.2307/3517827. JSTOR 3517827.
- ^ Juan, E. San (1999). "Raymond Williams and the Idea of Cultural Revolution". College Literature. 26 (2): 118–136. JSTOR 25112456.
- ^ Bennett, Oliver (2010). "Raymond Williams, Culture and society 1780–1950". International Journal of Cultural Policy. 16: 9–10. doi:10.1080/10286630902902962.
External links
- Official website Columbia University Press. Accessed January 12, 2026.