The rise of the global middle class : how the search for the good life can change the world /

The Rise of the Global Middle Class traces the history of the middle class from its origins in Victorian England to present day India. Along the way we meet knocker-uppers who have been displaced by alarm clocks. We learn how the Chinese Communist Party drew legitimacy from its ability to enlarge th...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kharas, Homi J., 1954- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2024].
Subjects:	Middle class > History. Economic development > History.