Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France.

• Translators' Note. Preface.1. Signs of the Times.2. The Research Process.3. The Social Conditions of Cultural Practice.4. Cultural Works and Cultivated Disposition.5. The Rules of Cultural Diffusion.6. Conclusion.Appendices.1. Timetable of Research.2. The Questionnaires and the Sampling Method.3. The Public of French Museums.4. Verificatory Surveys.5. Analysis of 250 Semi-directed Interviews.6. The Public of European Museums.Notes.Selected Bibliography.Index.

"At last, this important book is available in translation. It is an essential component of Bourdieu's œuvre, and of his contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the social basis of High Culture. It also provides theorists of the arts with that rare but necessary critical tool: factual information about the world of the museum." Janet Wolff "This is vintage Bourdieu, showing how class generates culture, which in turn reinforces class." Museum Anthropology

Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France.

• Translators' Note. Preface.1. Signs of the Times.2. The Research Process.3. The Social Conditions of Cultural Practice.4. Cultural Works and Cultivated Disposition.5. The Rules of Cultural Diffusion.6. Conclusion.Appendices.1. Timetable of Research.2. The Questionnaires and the Sampling Method.3. The Public of French Museums.4. Verificatory Surveys.5. Analysis of 250 Semi-directed Interviews.6. The Public of European Museums.Notes.Selected Bibliography.Index.

"At last, this important book is available in translation. It is an essential component of Bourdieu's œuvre, and of his contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the social basis of High Culture. It also provides theorists of the arts with that rare but necessary critical tool: factual information about the world of the museum." Janet Wolff "This is vintage Bourdieu, showing how class generates culture, which in turn reinforces class." Museum Anthropology

Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the Collège de France.

• Translators' Note. Preface.1. Signs of the Times.2. The Research Process.3. The Social Conditions of Cultural Practice.4. Cultural Works and Cultivated Disposition.5. The Rules of Cultural Diffusion.6. Conclusion.Appendices.1. Timetable of Research.2. The Questionnaires and the Sampling Method.3. The Public of French Museums.4. Verificatory Surveys.5. Analysis of 250 Semi-directed Interviews.6. The Public of European Museums.Notes.Selected Bibliography.Index.

"At last, this important book is available in translation. It is an essential component of Bourdieu's œuvre, and of his contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the social basis of High Culture. It also provides theorists of the arts with that rare but necessary critical tool: factual information about the world of the museum." Janet Wolff "This is vintage Bourdieu, showing how class generates culture, which in turn reinforces class." Museum Anthropology