Culture and Society

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Culture and Society is a seminal work of cultural criticism by Raymond Williams that traces the development of the concept of culture in relation to social and industrial change in Britain from the late 18th to the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
work of cultural criticism
academicDiscipline cultural studies
literary studies
sociology of culture
aimsTo relate cultural ideas to social and economic transformations
trace the changing meanings of culture
author Raymond Williams NERFINISHED
context British industrial revolution NERFINISHED
formation of modern British society
rise of industrial capitalism
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describedAs seminal work of cultural criticism
examinesWorkOf D. H. Lawrence NERFINISHED
Edmund Burke NERFINISHED
F. R. Leavis NERFINISHED
George Orwell NERFINISHED
John Stuart Mill NERFINISHED
Matthew Arnold NERFINISHED
Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED
Thomas Carlyle NERFINISHED
William Cobbett NERFINISHED
William Wordsworth NERFINISHED
focusesOn development of the concept of culture
effects of industrial society on culture
relationship between culture and social change
genre cultural criticism
literary criticism
hasInfluenced British cultural theory
Marxist cultural criticism
cultural studies
hasPart analysis of Romantic period thought
analysis of Victorian cultural criticism
analysis of early 20th-century cultural debates
language English
mainSubject British social history
culture
industrialization
society
notableFor historical analysis of the idea of culture
influence on cultural studies
perspective Marxist-influenced
left-wing
publicationYear 1958
publisher Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED
setInPeriod late 18th century to mid-20th century Britain
structure historical survey

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Raymond Williams notableWork Culture and Society