This study explores the attacks made on fox hunting from 1781 to the legal ban achieved in 2004, as well as assessing the reasons for its continued appeal and post-ban survival.
Hugely popular in its own day, Peter Beckford's Thoughts on Hunting is often cited as marking the birth of modern hunting and continues to be quoted from affectionately today by the hunting fraternity. This study explores the attacks made on fox hunting from 1781 to the legal ba…
Ornamentalism is a vividly evocative account of a vanished era, a major reassessment of Britain and its imperial past, and a trenchant and disturbing analysis of what it means to be a post-imperial nation today.
Develops the debate on the professional and managerial service class, and their importance as a determining force in social structure and social change.
Social change and the middle classes
Social change and the middle classes
Develops the debate on the professional and managerial service class, and their importance as a determining force in social structure and social change.
Develops the debate on the professional and managerial service class, and their importance as a determining force in social structure and social change.