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The Rise of Professional Society is a book that argues that the non-capitalist professional class represents a new principle of social organization in British society. The book was written by Harold Perkin and it was published in 1984.
Challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis, this volume lays out a controversial framework for the study of British society. Harold Perkin argues that the non-capitalist professional class represents a new principle of social organization based on trained expertise and meritocracy, a forgotten middle class conveniently overlooked by classical social theorists. Review: 'A true magnum opus. No social historian can afford not to read it.' - Asa Briggs 'Accessible to the general reader, indispensable to the scholar and a solid achievement of synthesis and clarity.' - The Observer
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