Author: Graham WallasPublisher: London ; New York : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Life of Francis Place, 1771-1854
Author: Graham WallasPublisher: London ; New York : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Autobiography of Francis Place
Author: Francis PlacePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521083997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Francis Place's autobiography presents a vivid and readable account of the early life of one of the best-known radical reformers of the early 19th century. The publication of Place's manuscript for the first time in book form is a landmark in the expanding field of studies in artisan self-consciousness of the pre-Victorian era. The book will be of obvious value to those interested in the origins of the Reform Movement and especially of the controversial reform group, the London Corresponding society. In his description of the rise and fall of the LCS and of the men who composed it and other reform groups. Place brings to life the human feelings and failings of the working-class democratic movement, and his own lifelong attempts to 'promote the welfare of the working class'.
The Flight of Icarus
Author: Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804764123
Category : Artisans
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Exploring autobiographical texts written by European urban craftsmen from the 15th to the 18th centuries, this book studies memoirs, diaries, family chronicles, travel narratives, and other forms of personal writings from Spain, France, Italy, Germany, and England. In the process, it reveals the significance of written self-expression in early modern popular culture.
Economic Doctrine and Tory Liberalism 1824–1830
Author: Barry GordonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349033766
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The History of Trade Unionism, 1666-1920
Author: Sidney WebbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
The History of Trade Unionism
Author: Sidney WebbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
The Concept of Popular Education
Author: Harold SilverPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415432855
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Originally published 1965. This reprints the 1977 edition which included a new introduction. From the starting point of "popular" charity education, the book traces the dynamic of ideological and social change from the 1790s to the 1830s in terms of attitudes to education and analyzes the range of contemporary opinions on popular education. It also examines some of the channels through which ideas about education were disseminated and became common currency in popular movements.
Frances Mary Buss
Author: Annie E. RidleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Literary News
Author: The Literary News
Author: Frederick LeypoldtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description