Robert Chambers of Edinburgh: Victorian Polymath and Educator

ISBN-13: 9780367561499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 334 str.

Iris MacFarlane

Opis

The book weaves together the life and times of Robert Chambers, founder of W. & R. Chambers publishers. It is a biography of Chambers and his family.
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Spis treści

1. Preface 2. Childhood in Peebles 3. Early Education 4. The Dark Ages 5. The Early Struggle 6. The Antiquarian and Local Historian 7. The Folklorist 8. The Family Man 10. The Publisher and Social Observer 11. Publisher and Mass Educator 12. The Writing of Vestiges 14. The Reception of Vestiges 14. Biographer and Historian 15. The Whole Man 16. The Written Works of Robert Chambers 17. Selected Further Reading