Education, Travel and the 'Civilisation' of the Victorian Working Classes [electronic resource] /
Strong, Michele M.author.
Examining four major institutions, Michele Strong considers the experiences of working men and women, particularly artisans, but also young apprentices and clerks, who travelled abroad as participants in an educational reform movement spearheaded by middle-class liberals.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Grand Tours and Workers' Tours: Rethinking Victorian Travel and Education; 1 ""A True Agent of Civilisation"": Travel and the ""Educational Idea,"" 1841-1861; 2 Turning the Educational Idea on Its Head: The Lib-Lab Alliance and the Organization of the Working Men's 1867 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, 1871-1903Conclusion: Goody, Gordon, and Shilpa Shetty ""Poppadom"": The Politics of Study Abroad from the New Liberalism to New Labour; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining four major institutions, Michele Strong considers the experiences of working men and women, particularly artisans, but also young apprentices and clerks, who travelled abroad as participants in an educational reform movement spearheaded by middle-class liberals.
Great Britain—History.
Social history.
Education—History.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Europe—History.
Civilization—History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
History of Education.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
European History.
Cultural History.