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1. Imagining the 'middle class': an introduction; Part I. Against theTide: Prelude to the 1790s: was the French Revolution a 'bourgeoisrevolution'?; 2. The uses of 'middle class' language in the 1790s; 3. Friendsand foes of the 'middle class': the dialogic imagination; 4. The politicaldifferentiation of social language: the debate on the triple assessment;Postlude to the 1790s: the uses of 'bourgeois revolution'; Part II. The Tugof War: 5. Taming the 'middle class'; 6. The tug of war and its resolution;Part III. With the Tide: 7. The social construction of the middle class; 8.The parallels across the Channel: a French aside; 9. The debates on theReform Bill: bowing to a new representation of the 'middle class'; 10.Inventing the ever-rising 'middle class': the aftermath of 1832; 11. 1832 andthe 'middle class' conquest of the 'private sphere'; Epilogue.