The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Rose; Jonathan

 
9780300257847: The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (3rd Edition)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0300257848 ISBN 13: 9780300257847
Publisher: Yale University Press, 2021

Synopsis

A landmark intellectual history of Britain’s working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century.

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.

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

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About the Author

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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Publisher
Yale University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0300257848
ISBN 13 
9780300257847
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
560