An Artisan Intellectual: James Carter And The Rise Of Modern Britain, 1792-1853
LSU Press
ISBN13:
9780807163801
$54.24
In An Artisan Intellectual, Christopher Ferguson examines the life and ideas of English tailor and writer James Carter, one of countless and largely anonymous citizens whose lives dramatically transformed during BritainÆs long march to modernity. Carter began his working life at age thirteen as an apprentice and continued to work as a tailor throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, first in Colchester and then in London. As the Industrial Revolution brought innovations to every aspect of British life, Carter took advantage of opportunities to push against the boundaries of his working-class background. He supplemented his income through his writing, publishing often unsigned books, articles, and poems on subjects as diverse as religion, death, nature, aesthetics, and theories of civilization. CarterÆs words give us a fascinating window into the revolutionary forces that upended the world of ordinary citizens in this era and demonstrate how the changes in daily life impacted personal experiences and intellectual pursuits as well as labor practices and living and working environments. Ferguson deftly explores a forgotten tailorÆs varied responses to the many transformations that produced the worldÆs first modern society.
- | Author: Christopher Ferguson
- | Publisher: Lsu Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 14, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/History
- | ISBN-10: 0807163805
- | ISBN-13: 9780807163801
- Author:
- Christopher Ferguson
- Publisher:
- Lsu Press
- Publication Date:
- Dec 14, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 304 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover/History
- ISBN-10:
- 0807163805
- ISBN-13:
- 9780807163801