Language, History, and Class

Introduction, Penelope J.Corfield estates, degrees and sorts - changing perceptions of society in Tudor and Stuart England, Keigh Wrightson hidalgo and pechero - the language of estates and classes in early-modern Castile, I.A.A.Thompson definitions of nobility in 17th century France, Roger Mettam class by name and munber in 18th-century Britain, Penelope J.Corfield the emergence of Society in 18th and 19th century Germany, James Van Horn Melton from gentlemen to the residuum - languages of social description in Victorian Britain, Geoffrey Crossick To each a language of his own language, culture and society in colonial India, David Washbrook the language of representation - towards a Muslim political order in 19th century India, Farzana Shaikh Chinese views of social classification, Philip A.Kuhn languages of power in the United States, Daniel T.Rodgers and Sean Wilentz language and interpretation - Paul Robeson before the House Committee on Un-American activities, William Downes.