The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes - Brossura

Rose, Jonathan

 
9780300257847: The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
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ISBN 10: 0300257848 ISBN 13: 9780300257847
Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2021

Sinossi

This is a landmark intellectual history of Britain&;s working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. Drawing on workers&; memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, Jonathan Rose uncovers which books people read, how they educated themselves, and what they knew. A new preface addresses the continuing relevance of the book amidst the upheavals of the present day.

&;An astonishing book.&;&;Ian Sansom, The Guardian

&;A passionate work of history. . . . Rose has written a work of staggering ambition.&;&;Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal

Winner of the SHARP Book History Prize, the American Philosophical Society&;s Jacques Barzun Prize, and the British Council Prize cowinner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize for 2001; named one of the finest books of 2001 by The Economist.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jonathan Rose was the founding president of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing and a founding coeditor of the journal Book History. He is professor of history at Drew University.

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Editore
Yale Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0300257848
ISBN 13 
9780300257847
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
3
Numero di pagine
560
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Persona responsabile
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