The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Jonathan Rose (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

544 Seiten

2010 | 2nd Revised edition
Yale University Press (Verlag)
978-0-300-15365-1 (ISBN)

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Presents the history of the British working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. This title discovers which books people read, how they educated themselves, and what they knew. It includes a preface that uncovers the author's journey into labour history, and its link to intellectual history.

Now in its second edition, this landmark book provides an intellectual history of the British working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. Drawing on workers’ memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, Jonathan Rose discovers which books people read, how they educated themselves, and what they knew. A new preface uncovers the author’s journey into labor history, and its rewarding link to intellectual history.

Jonathan Rose is the founder and past president of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing and coeditor of the journal Book History. He is professor of history at Drew University, where he directs the graduate program in book history.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.4.2010
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	839 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-300-15365-1 / 0300153651
ISBN-13	978-0-300-15365-1 / 9780300153651
Zustand	Neuware