01389    a2200241   4500003000500000005001700005010001700022020002800039040000900067082001000076100002200086245013500108260004300243300002500286505047400311650001900785650004400804650002900848650005100877650003600928856009100964856009201055Nust20170207165830.0  a  2007050107  a1403945942 (alk. paper)  cNust00a305.51 aBurrage, Michael.10aClass formation, civil society and the state (E-Book)ba comparative analysis of Russia, France, UK and the US /cMichael Burrage.  aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2008.  aix, 454 p. ;c23 cm.0 aAn English obsession, myth and mystery -- Lessons from comparative theories -- What are classes? and who forms and dissolves them? -- Class formation in two Russias -- Civil society as adversary and collaborator in France -- Civil society acts alone in the United States -- Interim conclusions from three societies -- Re-examining the English mystery -- Testing the puzzle-solving capacity of the argument -- A brief reply to Orwell -- The class system comes to an end. 0aCivil society. 0aSocial classesxCross-cultural studies. 0aSocial classesxHistory. 0aSocial stratificationxCross-cultural studies. 0aSocial stratificationxHistory.423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007050107-d.html423Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007050107-t.html