{"product_id":"2026200015175-secondhand-the-long-revolution","title":"The Long Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of culture, democracy, and industry stands one of the most ambitious works of twentieth-century British criticism — Raymond Williams' The Long Revolution, a landmark text that redefines how we understand the relationship between society and its cultural forms. Williams argues that Britain has been shaped by three interlocking revolutions — the democratic, the industrial, and the cultural — and that only by examining them together can we grasp the true forces that have moulded modern life. With characteristic intellectual rigour, he presents an expansive analysis that ranges from the growth of literacy and the rise of the reading public to the development of the press, education, and the novel as a social institution.\n\nWilliams writes with a clarity and moral seriousness that sets him apart from both the detached academic and the polemical ideologue, crafting arguments that are simultaneously historical, sociological, and deeply humanist. As the author of Culture and Society, he had already established himself as a foundational voice in what would become Cultural Studies, and The Long Revolution consolidates and extends that project with even greater scope. This is a book that does not merely describe cultural change — it insists that understanding it is itself a political act, leaving the reader to wonder what revolutions, seen and unseen, are still unfolding around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203187581147,"sku":"2026200015175-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/806517b5-b722-4343-ae10-d8e063680367.png?v=1788145264","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015175-secondhand-the-long-revolution","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}