English education and the radicals 1780-1850
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English education and the radicals 1780-1850
（Routledge library editions, . Education ; v. 198）
Routledge, 2011
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975
Set ISBN for subseries "Education": 9780415615174
Includes bibliographical references (p.123-134) and index
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Description
The radicalism of the period from the 1780s to the mid-nineteenth century represented a harnessing of knowledge in protest against injustices and oppression, a pooling of effort to transform society. In this book the author explores the main strains in working and middle-class radicalism over this crucial period, with emphasis on the educational ideas and activities of radical movements, their spokesmen and ideologies.
The author stresses some of the central educational interests of radical movements through the radical organizations of the 1780s and 1790s, and early nineteenth-century political and social movements, including the utilitarians, Owenites, Chartists and Tory radicals. He discusses educational ideas and action with regard to infants and adults, basic literacy and political understanding, examines some of the forms of study, self-education and propaganda to political action.
This book is a study in miniature of the processes of political and social change in a period of industrial, political and social revolution - its theme is education in its widest sense.
Table of Contents
Note. Acknowledgements. 1. Root and Branch Reformers. 2. Radical Reformers and Education, 1780 - 1800. 3. Middle-Class Radicals and Education, 1800-1835. 4. Working-Class Radicalism and Education 1800-1835. 5. Chartism. 6. Middle-class Radicalism, 1835-1848. 7. Radicalism and Education at Mid-Century. Further Reading. Bibliography.
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