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Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Why Class? -- Why Class? -- The Origins and Themes of This Book -- The Structure of the Book -- References -- 2 Imagining Class in Australian History -- Rick Kuhn's History of Class Analysis: Populism and Marxism -- An Etymology of the Term 'Class' -- The Concept of 'Class' in Australia -- Marx's Theory of 'Class' -- Marxism in Australia: Imagining 'Class' in the CPA -- Russell Ward's the Australian Legend -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The New Left and Marxism -- The Student Movement -- Responding to the Student Movement: Arena -- A 'Demythologising Zeal': The CPA-ML and Humphrey McQueen -- The Use of Gramsci and Lukács Within the New Left -- How 'New' was the New Left? The Project of Reinventing Marxism -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Connell and Irving's Class Structure in Australian History -- The Making of CSAH -- How Should Class be Studied? 'Historical' Versus 'A Priori' Analysis -- Class Narratives: The Ruling Class, Convicts, Workers and the Proletarian Story -- The Reception of CSAH and Its Second Edition (1992) -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Wells' Constructing Capitalism and Political Economy -- (Marxist) Political Economy in Australia -- Constructing Capitalism -- Historical Analysis -- Wells' Theory: Explicit and Implicit -- Regimes of Accumulation: Mercantile and Pastoral-Finance -- A Methodology for the Study of 'Surplus Value' -- A Political Economy of Social Classes -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Andrew Metcalfe and Working-Class Consciousness -- Violence on the Coalfields -- For Freedom and Dignity (1988) -- Larrikin and Respectable Working-Class Consciousness(es) -- Metcalfe's Critique of 'Objectivism' -- Metcalfe's Concept of 'Freedom' -- After Metcalfe: Opportunities for Class Analysis Missed -- Jeffrey Alexander's Methodology of Cultural Sociology