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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ferguson, Christopher (1976-....)
Titre(s) : An Artisan Intellectual [Texte imprimé] : James Carter and the Rise of Modern Britain, 1792-1853 / Christopher Ferguson
Publication : Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, copyright [2016]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvi, 296 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-286) and index
"In An Artisan Intellectual, Christopher Ferguson examines the life and ideas of English
tailor and writer James Carter, one of countless and largely anonymous citizens whose
lives dramatically transformed during Britain's long march to modernity. Carter began
his working life at age thirteen as an apprentice and continued to work as a tailor
throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, first in Colchester and then
in London. As the Industrial Revolution brought innovations to every aspect of British
life, Carter took advantage of opportunities to push against the boundaries of his
working-class background. He supplemented his income through his writing, publishing
often unsigned books, articles, and poems on subjects as diverse as religion, death,
nature, aesthetics, and theories of civilization. Carter's words give us a fascinating
window into the revolutionary forces that upended the world of ordinary citizens in
this era and demonstrate how the changes in daily life impacted personal experiences
and intellectual pursuits as well as labor practices and living and working environments.
Ferguson deftly explores a forgotten tailor's varied responses to the many transformations
that produced the world's first modern society"--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Carter, James (1792-1853)
Artisanat -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle
Vie intellectuelle -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
941 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Îles Britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780807163801. - ISBN 0807163805. - ISBN 9780807163818 (erroné). - ISBN 9780807163825
(erroné). - ISBN 9780807163832 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46880601b
Notice n° :
FRBNF46880601
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: James Carter's Britain, 1792-1853 ; The Tailors' Industrial Revolution
; Literacy and the Learned Tailor ; The Countryman in London ; The City in the Country
; The Man and the Mass ; Conclusion: "Great Men" and the Making of Modern Britain.
