The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose

He draws on workers' memoirs, oral history, social surveys, opinion polls, school records, library registers, and newspapers. Jonathan Rose provides an intellectual history of people who were not expected to think for themselves, told from their perspective. It offers a new method for cultural historians-an 'audience history' that recovers the responses of readers, students, theatergoers, filmgoers, and radio listeners. Drawing on workers memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, Jonathan Rose uncovers which books people read, how they educated themselves. 'Jonathan Roses magnificent, unforgettable The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes entranced me - the most moving book of the year. The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes Kindle Edition by Jonathan Rose (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 15 ratings Kindle Edition £10.04 Read with Our Free App Paperback £12.56 3 Used from £14.18 13 New from £12.56 This is a landmark intellectual history of Britain’s working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes Review Number:303 Publish date:Tuesday, 31 December, 2002Author:Jonathan RoseISBN:9780300088868 Date of Publication:2001Price:29.95Pages:544pp.

Using innovative research techniques and a vast range of unexpected sources, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes tracks the rise and decline of the British autodidact from the pre-industrial era to the twentieth century. Summary: Which books did the British working classes read-and how did they read them? How did they respond to canonical authors, penny dreadfuls, classical music, school stories, Shakespeare, Marx, Hollywood movies, imperialist propaganda, the Bible, the BBC, the Bloomsbury Group? What was the quality of their classroom education? How did they educate themselves? What was their level of cultural literacy: how much did they know about politics, science, history, philosophy, poetry, and sexuality? Who were the proletarian intellectuals, and why did they pursue the life of the mind? These intriguing questions, which until recently historians considered unanswerable, are addressed in this book.

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose