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British sociologist and retired academic
Nicholas Abercrombie (born 1944) is a British sociologist and retired academic. He was Professor of Sociology at
Lancaster University from 1990 to 2004.
Education and career
Born in
Birmingham in 1944, Abercrombie's father
Michael and mother
Jane (née Johnson) were academics. He was educated at
The Queen's College, Oxford , graduating with a
BA in 1966. He then completed an
MSc at the
London School of Economics in 1968.
[1]
Abercrombie worked as a
research officer in
town planning at
University College London from 1968 to 1970, when he joined
Lancaster University as a
lecturer . He then carried out
doctoral studies there and obtained a
PhD in 1980. In 1983, he was promoted to a senior lectureship and in 1988 became
reader in sociology. In 1990, he was appointed Professor of Sociology at Lancaster, and in 1995 became
Pro-Vice Chancellor .
[1] He retired in 2004.
[2]
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Publications
Class, Structure, and Knowledge (
Basil Blackwell , 1980).
(Co-authored with
Stephen Hill and
Bryan S. Turne r) The Dominant Ideology Thesis (
Allen & Unwin , 1980).
(Co-authored with
John Urry ) Capital, Labour, and the Middle Classes (
Allen & Unwin , 1983).
(Co-authored with
Stephen Hill and
Bryan S. Turner ) The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology (
Penguin , 1984).
(Co-authored with
Stephen Hill and
Bryan S. Turner ) Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism (
Allen & Unwin , 1986).
(Co-authored with
Alan Warde ,
Keith Soothill ,
Rosemary Deem , Sue Penna,
Andrew Sayer ,
John Urry and
Sylvia Walby ) Contemporary British Society (
Polity Press , 1988; 3rd ed. 2000).
(Edited with
Stephen Hill and
Bryan S. Turner ) Dominant Ideologies (
Unwin Hyman , 1990).
(Edited with
Russell Keat ) Enterprise Culture (
Routledge , 1991).
(Edited with
Alan Warde ) Social Change in Contemporary Britain (
Polity Press , 1992).
(Edited with
Alan Warde ) Stratification and Social Inequality: Studies in British Society (
Framework Press , 1994).
(Edited with
Alan Warde ) Family, Household, and Life-Course: Studies in British Society (
Framework Press , 1994).
(Edited with
Russell Keat and
Nigel Whiteley ) The Authority of the Consumer (
Routledge , 1994).
Television and Society (
Polity Press , 1996).
(With
Brian Longhurst ) Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination (
Sage , 1998).
(Edited with
Alan Warde ) The Contemporary British Society Reader (
Polity Press , 2000).
References
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