The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
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The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose
Which books did the British working classes read - and how did they read them? How did they respond to canonical authors, penny dreadfuls, classical music, school stories, Shakespeare, Marx, Hollywood movies, imperialist propaganda, the Bible, the BBC, the Bloomsbury Group? What was the quality of their classroom education, as they experienced it? How did they educate themselves? What was their level of cultural literacy? How much did they know about politics, science, history, philosophy, poetry, and sexuality? Who were the proletarain intellectuals, and why did they pursue the life of the mind? These questions are addressed in this book.
Jonathan Rose is the founder and past president of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) and coeditor of the journal Book History. He is a professor of history at Drew University, where he directs the graduate programme in book history.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300088861 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300088868 |
| Title | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes |
| Author | Jonathan Rose |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2001-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 538 |
| Prizes | Winner of Longman/History Today Book of the Year Prize 2002, Short-listed for British Academy Book Prize 2002 |
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