This is a unique history of cultural studies. Other books have explored the British and North American traditions, but this is the first guide to the ideas, purposes and controversies that have shaped the subject. John Hartley sheds new light on neglected pioneers and provides a clear route map through the terrain. John Hartley provides lively critical narratives on a dazzling array of key figures including: Arnold, Barrell, Bennett, Carey, Fiske, Foucault, Grossberg, Hall, Hawkes, hooks, Hoggart, Leadbeater, Lissistzky, Malevich, Marx, McLuhan, McRobbie, D Miller, T Miller, Morris, Quiller-Couch, Ross, Shaw, Urry, Williams, Wilson, Wolfe and Woolf. Hartley also examines a host of central themes in the subject including: literary and political writing; publishing; civic humanism; political economy and Marxism; sociology; feminism; anthropology; the pedagogy of cultural studies.