Self-Help and Civic Culture Citizenship in Victorian Birmingham: Citizenship in Victorian Birmingham

ISBN-13: 9780815396963 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.

Anne B. Rodrick

Opis

First published in 2004. Focusing on the city of Birmingham, and drawing on both local and national sources, Self Help and Civic Culture explores the changing nature of self improvement and citizenship in Victorian Britain.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Framing self-improvement: definitions and problems; 'Smitten by the love of knowledge': improvement in early Victorian Birmingham; 'Our excelsior class': creating citizens in mid-Victorian Birmingham; Reform and reputation: education, citizenship and municipal improvement 1870-1900; Civilizing 'the coming race': the attenuation of adult improvement, 1900-1914; Conclusion: the fortunes of improvement; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Anne B. Rodrick