The British Working Class Reader 1790–1848 : : Literacy and Social Tension / / R. K. Webb.
Begins with an assessment of the literacy and the types of reading undertaken by the British working class from 1790-1848. Also presents a look at the challenge this literacy presented for the upper classes.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1911] ©1911 |
| Year of Publication: | 1911 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- I The Working Class Reading Public, 1790-1848
- II The Realization of the Problem, 1790-1820
- III A New Approach, 1820-1848
- IV The Dangers of Politics
- V Agricultural Disturbances and Machinery
- VI The New Poor Law
- VII The Threat of Trade Unions
- CONCLUSION
- A NOTE ON SOURCES
- NOTES
- INDEX