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Book SynopsisTracing the development of British cultural Marxism from beginnings in postwar Britain to the emergence of British cultural studies at Birmingham, this book shows this history to reflect a coherent intellectual tradition, one that represents an implicit and explicit theoretical effort to resolve the crisis of the postwar British Left.
Trade Review“
Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain is exceptionally well written, lucid, and well organized—and simultaneously accessible and sophisticated, both in its own internal argumentation and in its rendering of often complex and difficult debates.”—Geoff Eley, University of Michigan
“There is nothing comparable to this book. It is an important addition to the literatures on British cultural studies, the history of Marxist thought, and the history of social historiography. Speaking particularly as a representative for scholars in cultural studies, I am happy to have this history finally told in such an effective and coherent way.”—Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
