''Anatomy of Britain'' was a book written by

Anthony Sampson Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson (3 August 1926 – 18 December 2004) was a British writer and journalist. His most notable and successful book was '' Anatomy of Britain'', which was published in 1962 and was followed by five more "Anatomies", upd ...

and published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1962. The book is an examination of the

ruling class In sociology, the ruling class of a society is the social class who set and decide the political and economic agenda of society. In Marxist philosophy, the ruling class are the capitalist social class who own the means of production and by exte ...

es of the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and No ...

, looking at the holders of political, bureaucratic, and financial power. He completely rewrote the book over four decades, thus enabling changes in power structures to be considered over time. Sampson died in 2004, shortly after ''Who Runs This Place?'' was published. The published versions were: #''Anatomy of Britain'' (1962
online free
#''Anatomy of Britain today'' (1965) #''The New Anatomy of Britain'' (1971)
online free
#''Changing Anatomy of Britain'' (1982) #''The Essential Anatomy of Britain: Democracy in Crisis '' (1992)
online free
#''Who Runs This Place? The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century'' (2004)

References

British non-fiction literature {{UK-poli-book-stub