Culture, Class, Distinction

Tony Bennett is Research Professor in Social and Cultural Theory in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia. His research spans across museum studies, cultural studies and sociology. His contributions to museum studies include The Birth of the Museum (1995), Pasts Beyond Memory: Evolution, Museums, Colonialism show more (2004) and, as co-author, Collecting, Ordering, Governing: Anthropology, Museums and Liberal Government (2017). show less

Alan Warde is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester

David Wright is a professional artist and model maker who has created many models of historic buildings and imaginary structures for model railway enthusiasts, museums and businesses. David has written numerous articles for railway magazines and provides hands-on experience at railway modelling workshops. In addition, he has completed four DVDs, show more one of which dealt with modelling rural buildings, and is well know at the major railway modelling exhibitions, providing demonstrations to the visiting public. This is his seventh book for Crowood. show less