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The Middle Class

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Due to a sudden, unexpected passing in the family a few years ago and another more recently and my subsequent (mental) health issues stemming from that, I was unable to download this book in time to review it before it was archived as I did not visit this site for several years after the bereavements. This means I can't leave an accurate reflection of my feelings towards the book as I am unable to read it now and so I am leaving a message of explanation instead.

I am now back to reading and reviewing full time as once considerable time had passed I have found that books have been helping me significantly in terms of my mindset and mental health - this was after having no interest in anything for quite a number of years after the passings.

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Enjoyed this fact filled entertaining look at the British Middle class. The people their lives their habits highly recommend.#netgalley #thistlepublishing.

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Great book which I found incredibly interesting. Great for those studying modern history (would be a great reading list edition). The only issue was that I hated the cover - maybe the physical edition had a better one?

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An interesting subject that has been well researched here. I enjoyed this very much.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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This comprehensive, intelligent, detailed and meticulously researched study of the middle class makes for some pretty intense reading – which sometimes becomes some pretty dull reading. Not exactly a page-turner. But it’s an important work of sociology and history and is thus to be commended.

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Thank you Thistle Publishing and Netgalley for this ARC.

I wanted to read this book to learn more about British Middle Class and life in general. It was informative, enjoyable to read and really interesting.

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I was fascinated to learn about the history of the middle class, and this book certainly is comprehensive. The writing style is a little dry in places, and I found it hard to stay interested for more than a chapter or so at a time, but as a whole it has everything you need to know about the emergence of the middle class. I was expecting that once the book had caught up to the present day, it might have more of a 'Watching the English' sociology sort of flavour, but sadly not. Still, I'd recommend to those with an interest in the subject.

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Insight into the middle class and their influence on society throughout time. It was an interesting narrative history and easy to read.

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Not quite what I was expecting and yet quite interesting. As an American, much of the history detailed in this book was well beyond the broad strokes that I previously understood. Much more of a history volume tightly focused than a treatise of current affairs or predictions or solutions to the erosion of the middle class.

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The author's painstaking research and attention to detail is obvious in the writing of this book. There were many facts that I only discovered after reading this!

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