Yale University Press Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes 3rd Revised edition

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. Autorid: Jonathan Rose