The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose

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This text traces the rise and decline of the British autodidact from the pre-industrial era to the 20th century. Using a range of sources such as surveys, registers and workers' memoirs, it discusses which books people read, how and why they educated themselves, and what they knew.

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The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose

This text traces the rise and decline of the British autodidact from the pre-industrial era to the 20th century. Using research techniques and a vast range of unexpected sources such as workers' memoirs, social surveys and library registers, Jonathan Rose seeks to answer such questions as which books people read, how and why they educated themselves, and what they knew. In the process this account of the life of the mind reveals much about working-class politics, ideology, popular culture and social relationships.
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ISBN 13 9780300098082
ISBN 10 0300098081
Titre The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Auteur Jonathan Rose
Série Yale Nota Bene
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Yale University Press
Année de publication 2003-01-11
Nombre de pages 544
Prix Short-listed for British Academy Book Prize 2002
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