國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

Education, travel and the 'civilisation' of the Victorian working classes /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Education, travel and the 'civilisation' of the Victorian working classes /Michele M. Strong.
Author:	Strong, Michele,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	1800 - 1899
Subject:	Working classTravelGreat Britain.
Subject:	Great Britain.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137338082
ISBN:	1137338083 (electronic bk.)

Education, travel and the 'civilisation' of the Victorian working classes /
Strong, Michele,

Education, travel and the 'civilisation' of the Victorian working classes /Michele M. Strong. - 1 online resource.

Introduction: Grand Tours and Workers' Tours: Rethinking Victorian Travel and Education -- 1. 'A True Agent of Civilisation': Travel and the 'Educational Idea' -- 2. Turning the 'Educational Idea' on its Head: The Lib/Lab Alliance and the Organization of the 1867 Working Men's Exhibition Tours -- 3. 'The Lessons of Paris': The 1867 Working Men's Exhibition Tours and the Artisan Imagination -- 4. 'High Attainments': The Artisan Exhibition Tours and the Campaign for Technical Education, 1867-1889 -- 5. Class Trips and the Meaning of British Citizenship: The Regent Street Polytechnic at Home and Abroad, 1871-1903 -- 6. Conclusion: Goody, Gordon, and Shilpa Shetty 'Poppadom': The Politics of Study Abroad from the New Liberalism to New Labour.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, middle-class liberal reformers attempted to ameliorate class tensions, prepare the working classes for citizenship, and improve British industry by reforming working-class secondary and adult education. One feature of their movement was the promotion of working-class travel in Europe and the Empire. In "Education, Travel and the 'Civilisation' of the Victorian Working Classes", Michele Strong considers the experiences of working men and women, particularly artisans, but also young apprentices and clerks, who travelled abroad as participants in this reform movement, focusing particularly on the ways in which four overlapping institutions during the Victorian era drew workers into international travel: Thomas Cook and Son (a travel agency); The Working Men's Club and Institute Union (a national organization of clubs intended for rational recreation and cross-class interaction); the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Commerce, and Manufacturers (a quasi-governmental organization); and the London Regent Street Polytechnic (a social and educational institute for young wage earners). Canvassing a broad array of working class and middle class voices culled from diaries, letters, autobiographies, and published reports, Strong argues that working-class educational travel became a battleground for competing notions of citizenship, class, gender, and national identities.

ISBN: 1137338083 (electronic bk.)

Source: 675080Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Chronological Terms:

1800 - 1899
Subjects--Topical Terms:

687632
Working class
--Travel--Great Britain.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

287994
Great Britain.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD8390

Dewey Class. No.: 305.5/620941

Education, travel and the 'civilisation' of the Victorian working classes /
LDR:03447cmm a2200373Ki 4500 001 438714
003 OCoLC
005 20140910115804.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 150123s2014 enk o 000 0 eng d
020 $a 1137338083 (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9781137338082 (electronic bk.)
029 1 $a NLGGC $b 371577373
035 $a (OCoLC)869806095
035 $a ocn869806095
037 $a 675080 $b Palgrave Macmillan $n http://www.palgraveconnect.com
040 $a UKPGM $b eng $e rda $e pn $c UKPGM $d EBLCP $d N $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDXCP
043 $a e-uk---
049 $a TEFA
050 4 $a HD8390
072 7 $a SOC $x 020000 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a SOC $x 031000 $2 bisacsh
082 0 4 $a 305.5/620941 $2 23
100 1 $a Strong, Michele, $e author. $3 687631
245 1 0 $a Education, travel and the 'civilisation' of the Victorian working classes / $c Michele M. Strong.
264 1 $a [Basingstoke] : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2014.
300 $a 1 online resource.
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
505 0 $a Introduction: Grand Tours and Workers' Tours: Rethinking Victorian Travel and Education -- 1. 'A True Agent of Civilisation': Travel and the 'Educational Idea' -- 2. Turning the 'Educational Idea' on its Head: The Lib/Lab Alliance and the Organization of the 1867 Working Men's Exhibition Tours -- 3. 'The Lessons of Paris': The 1867 Working Men's Exhibition Tours and the Artisan Imagination -- 4. 'High Attainments': The Artisan Exhibition Tours and the Campaign for Technical Education, 1867-1889 -- 5. Class Trips and the Meaning of British Citizenship: The Regent Street Polytechnic at Home and Abroad, 1871-1903 -- 6. Conclusion: Goody, Gordon, and Shilpa Shetty 'Poppadom': The Politics of Study Abroad from the New Liberalism to New Labour.
520 $a In the second half of the nineteenth century, middle-class liberal reformers attempted to ameliorate class tensions, prepare the working classes for citizenship, and improve British industry by reforming working-class secondary and adult education. One feature of their movement was the promotion of working-class travel in Europe and the Empire. In "Education, Travel and the 'Civilisation' of the Victorian Working Classes", Michele Strong considers the experiences of working men and women, particularly artisans, but also young apprentices and clerks, who travelled abroad as participants in this reform movement, focusing particularly on the ways in which four overlapping institutions during the Victorian era drew workers into international travel: Thomas Cook and Son (a travel agency); The Working Men's Club and Institute Union (a national organization of clubs intended for rational recreation and cross-class interaction); the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Commerce, and Manufacturers (a quasi-governmental organization); and the London Regent Street Polytechnic (a social and educational institute for young wage earners). Canvassing a broad array of working class and middle class voices culled from diaries, letters, autobiographies, and published reports, Strong argues that working-class educational travel became a battleground for competing notions of citizenship, class, gender, and national identities.
588 $a Description based on publisher supplied information; title not viewed.
648 7 $a 1800 - 1899 $2 fast
650 0 $a Working class $x Travel $z Great Britain. $3 687632
650 0 $a Working class $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. $3 306944
650 0 $a Working class $z Great Britain $x Intellectual life. $3 508284
650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations $2 bisacsh $3 564635
650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies $2 bisacsh $3 564637
650 7 $a Working class $x Intellectual life. $2 fast $3 687633
650 7 $a Working class $x Travel. $2 fast $3 687634
650 7 $a Working class. $3 635568
651 7 $a Great Britain. $3 287994
655 4 $a Electronic books. $2 local. $3 214472
655 7 $a History. $2 fast $3 685445
856 4 0 $3 Palgrave Connect $u https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137338082