The product of twenty years of scholarship on Gramscian work in cultural studies, education, media studies, leisure and politics, David Harris' study traces--and not without criticism--the history of Gramscian thought, perhaps the governing orthodoxy in cultural studies. Harris examines the rise of this discipline, evaluating its strengths and weaknesses, and raising questions about the originality of cultural studies and its political motivations. Written with a judicious sense of purpose, Harris' is a landmark work in cultural studies and the sociology of culture.