Self-Help and Civic Culture
Subtitle:  Citizenship in Victorian Birmingham
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780754633075
Subjects: Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; History: World; England; Politics / Current Events; Self-culture; Politics - Current Events; Modern - 19th Century; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Midlands; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; c 1800 to c 1900; Citizenship; Europe - Great Britain - General; 19th century; Birmingham; History
First sentence: Between 1815 and 1914 in England, exhortations to pursue the duty of self-improvement echoed from the pulpit, resounded through the halls of the debating society, and leavened the pages of trade union periodicals.