{"product_id":"an-essay-on-the-history-and-management-of-literary-scientific-and-mechanics-institutions-and-especially-how-far-they-may-be-developed-and-combined-so-as-to-promote-the-moral-well-being-and-industry-of-the-country-paperback-9781108009379","title":"An Essay on the History and Management of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions; And Especially How Far They May Be Developed and Combined so as to Promote the Moral Well-Being and Industry of the Country (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108009379","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Essay on the History and Management of Literary, Scientific, and Mechanics' Institutions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnd Especially How Far They May Be Developed and Combined so as to Promote the Moral Well-Being and Industry of the Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA passionate defence of educational opportunities for the working classes by one of Victorian England's most committed social reformers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Hole (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108009379, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.1 cm, 0.26 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this Essay, first published in 1853, the Victorian social activist James Hole offers an impassioned defence of the one of the central products of early Victorian social reformism, the mechanics' institutes. Aimed at improving the education of working-class men, women and youths, the institutes offered basic literacy training as well as higher-level lectures on science, the arts, and industry. This volume, originally a prize-winning essay, outlines Hole's plan for improving the efficacy of the institutes, which he saw as failing in their mission of enlivening the minds of those whose primary labours were physical. The institutes 'have established the right of the people to culture', Hole writes, but they had yet, in his view, to instil it. An important work in the history of education, Hole's Essay provides revealing insights into social reformism and the complexities of class politics within the movement.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. History\u003cbr\u003e 2. Objects and methods of adult instruction\u003cbr\u003e 3. Business management\u003cbr\u003e 4. Union of Institutes\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265922552088,"sku":"9781108009379","price":21.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108009379i_b8c7dde0-a39f-4523-a7bf-b12998c84792.jpg?v=1694867454","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-essay-on-the-history-and-management-of-literary-scientific-and-mechanics-institutions-and-especially-how-far-they-may-be-developed-and-combined-so-as-to-promote-the-moral-well-being-and-industry-of-the-country-paperback-9781108009379","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}