Education, travel and the 'civilisation' of the Victorian working classes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Strong, Michele (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:	Workers' travel programs > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Working class > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Working class > Travel > Great Britain. Working class > Great Britain > Intellectual life. 1800 - 1899 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Grand Tours and Workers' Tours: Rethinking Victorian Travel and Education
1. 'A True Agent of Civilisation': Travel and the 'Educational Idea'
2. Turning the 'Educational Idea' on its Head: The Lib/Lab Alliance and the Organization of the 1867 Working Men's 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, 1871-1903
6. Conclusion: Goody, Gordon, and Shilpa Shetty 'Poppadom': The Politics of Study Abroad from the New Liberalism to New Labour.