Contents 
Preface IX 
1 Introduction: The Rise and Fall of Class? 1
2 The Eighteenth Century: Class Without Class Struggle 24 
3 The Nineteenth Century: A Viable Hierarchical Society 57 
4 The Twentieth Century: Social Identities and Political Identities 106 
5 Conclusion: Towards a 'Classless Society'? 163 
Notes 190 
Index 235