1st Edition

English Education and the Radicals (RLE Edu L) 1780-1850

By Harold Silver Copyright 1975
152 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

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.

Biography

Harold Silver