Contesting Affluence: An Introduction

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Acknowledgements We are grateful to Victoria de Grazia, Frank Mort, Frank Trentmann, Alan Warde, Niamh Moore, Lawrence Black, Siobhan McAndrew, Pat Ayers, Stephan Schwarzkopf and other participants of the CRESC workshop, Rethinking Affluence, held in Manchester in September 2006. Our special thanks to Matthew Hilton and the editorial board of this journal for their assistance and encouragement throughout the production of this special issue. Notes [1] Tomlinson Tomlinson, Jim. 2007. It's the Economy, Stupid! Labour and the Economy circa 1964. Contemporary British History, 21(3): 337–49. [Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar], ‘It's the Economy, Stupid!’. [2] Goldthorpe et al. Goldthorpe, J. H., Lockwood, D., Bechhofer, F. and Platt, J. 1968, 1969. The Affluent Worker in the Class Structure, 3 vols, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. with [Google Scholar], The Affluent Worker. [3] Coats and Silburn Coats, Ken and Silburn, Richard. 1970. Poverty: The Forgotten Englishman, Baltimore: Penguin. [Google Scholar], Poverty. [4] Hirsch Hirsch, Fred. 1978. Social Limits to Growth, London: Routledge. [Google Scholar], Social Limits to Growth. [5] Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth. 1969 [1958]. The Affluent Society, London: Hamish Hamilton. [Google Scholar], The Affluent Society. [6] Williams Williams, Raymond. 1961. Culture and Society: 1780–1950, London: Penguin. [Google Scholar], Culture and Society. [7] Black Black, Lawrence. 2003. The Political Culture of the Left in Affluent Britain, Basingstoke: MacMillan. [Google Scholar], Political Culture. [8] Offer Offer, Avner. 2006. The Challenge of Affluence: Well Being and Self Control in the United States and Britain Since 1950, Oxford: Clarendon. [Google Scholar], The Challenge of Affluence. [9] Hilton Hilton, Matthew. 2003. Consumerism in Twentieth Century Britain: The Search for Historical Movement, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], Consumerism. [10] Hennessy Hennessy, Peter. 2006. Having It So Good: Britain in the Fifties, London: Penguin. [Google Scholar], Having it so Good. [11] Galbraith Galbraith, John Kenneth. 1969 [1958]. The Affluent Society, London: Hamish Hamilton. [Google Scholar], The Affluent Society. [12] Zweig Zweig, Ferdinand. 1961. The Worker in an Affluent Society: Family Life and Industry, London: Heinneman. [Google Scholar], The Worker. [13] Abrams and Rose Abrams, Mark and Rose, Richard. 1960. Must Labour Lose?, Harmondsworth: Penguin. [Google Scholar], Must Labour Lose? [14] Mandler Mandler, Peter. 2006. The English National Character: The History of an Idea from Edmund Burke to Tony Blair, New Haven, CO: Yale University Press. [Google Scholar], The English National Character. [15] Gorer Gorer, Geoffrey. 1955. Exploring English Character, New York: Criterion Books. [Google Scholar], Exploring English Character. [16] Notably in Bourdieu Bourdieu, Pierre. 1985. Distinction, Translated by R. Nice London: Routledge. [Google Scholar], Distinction. [17] Hoggart Hoggart, Richard. 1957. The Uses of Literacy, London: Penguin. [Google Scholar], The Uses of Literacy. [18] Judt Judt, Tony. 2005. Post War: A History of Europe Since 1945, London: Heinemann. [Google Scholar], Post War, 324. [19] Glynn and Booth Glynn, Sean and Booth, Alan. 1996. Modern Britain: An Economic and Social History, London: Routledge. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], Modern Britain. [20] De Grazia De Grazia, Victoria. 2005. Irresistible Empire: America's Advance Through Twentieth Century Europe, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], Irresistible Empire. [21] Offer Offer, Avner. 2006. The Challenge of Affluence: Well Being and Self Control in the United States and Britain Since 1950, Oxford: Clarendon. [Google Scholar], The Challenge of Affluence. [22] See more generally, the special issue of Sociological Research Online, May 2007, for further discussion and examples. [23] Bourdieu Bourdieu, Pierre. 1985. Distinction, Translated by R. Nice London: Routledge. [Google Scholar], Distinction; Mitchell Mitchell, Arnold. 1983. The Nine American Lifestyles, New York: Warner Books. [Google Scholar], The Nine American Lifestyles. Additional informationNotes on contributorsShinobu MajimaShinobu Majima is Associate Professor in Economic History at Gakushuin University, Tokyo, and is also Associate Researcher at the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC). She is currently working on a book manuscript titled ‘Fashion Fever: Gender, Culture and Economy in an Age of Abundance’. Mike Savage is Director of the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change and Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. He is currently completing a book, Discovering English Society 1950–2000: Popular Identities and Social Science Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2008).