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“... A city without a past is a city without a future. It may exist as a set of buildings, but not as a culture. But not every city with a past has a future, except as a set of buildings. The springs of innovation may dry up, the crossroads that first gave it its importance may no longer lead anywhere. It is then that a city that still has a present most needs its past, but that is also the moment when it has most reason to fear that past ...”

“... occupation and their university careers. There has been earlier research into these data by Marsha Rozenblit and Ivar Oxaal, but Beller builds on it. His conclusion is unambiguous. What he defines as the ‘liberal bourgeoisie’ – the male self-employed in industry, finance and commerce and members of the liberal professions – was ...”