Dons and workers : Oxford and adult education since 1850 /
Dons and Workers is a history of university adult education in England. It focuses on the University of Oxford whose leading contribution to this movement presents an unfamiliar portrait of this "elitist" university and its influence on the nation. Lawrence Goldman considers the relationsh...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1995
Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press, 1995 Oxford [England] : 1995 Oxford [England] : New York : 1995 |
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| Summary: | Dons and Workers is a history of university adult education in England. It focuses on the University of Oxford whose leading contribution to this movement presents an unfamiliar portrait of this "elitist" university and its influence on the nation. Lawrence Goldman considers the relationship between intellectuals and the working class over the past century and a half, examining the role of adult education in the evolution from late-Victorian liberalism to twentieth-century socialism This history of adult education in England considers its role in the evolution from late-Victorian liberalism to 20th-century socialism. Emphasis is placed on the University of Oxford, whose leading contribution to this movement presents a revealing portrait of its influence on the nation |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | ix, 363 p ix, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm ix, 363 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm ix, 363 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm ix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ix, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm ix, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-350) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-350) and index |
| ISBN: | 0198205759 (acid-free paper) 0198205759 9780198205753 (acid-free paper) 9780198205753 |