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Useful Knowledge of William Hutton Culture and Industry in Eighteenth-Century Birmingham

Whyman, Susan E.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198797838
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
576 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Whyman, Susan E.

Biografisk notat

Susan Whyman is an independent historian, formerly of Princeton University, where she received both MA and PhD degrees. Whyman lectures and publishes widely, both in England and the US, on British culture. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers, 1660-1800, winner of the 2010 Modern Language Association Prize for Independent Scholars; Sociability and Power: The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys, nominated for the History Today Prize; and Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London: John Gay's Trivia (1716), co-edited with Clare Brant (all published by Oxford University Press).

Useful Knowledge of William Hutton Culture and Industry in Eighteenth-Century Birmingham

Whyman, Susan E.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
Whyman, Susan E.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
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...but the detailed analysis...presents a wonderful picture...

Susan E. Whyman, The American Historical Review

One of Whyman's strengths across this volume is her close engagement with archival material. The text is, as such, multi-voiced-we can engage with Hutton as public andprivate figure but also with a range of primary evidence, whether in his sister's letters, or the testimony, and life-histories, of others who thrived in Birmingham's entrepreneurial atmosphere.

Lynda Mugglestone, Midland History

Whyman makes a strong argument for the importance of local culture and individual agency in facilitating British industrialization, contending that it was people like Hutton and towns like Birmingham that made industrialization possible ... her work effectively reverses the assumptions guiding many social and micro-histories that focus on identifying representative past ideas, values, and experiences.

Christopher Ferguson, Journal of British Studies

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A fascinating account.

Hannah Barker, History Today, Best History Books 2018

The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton shows the rapid rise of a self-taught workman and the growing prominence of the city of Birmingham during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. Hutton achieved wealth, land, status, and literary fame, but later became a victim of violent riots. The book boldly claims that an understanding of the Industrial Revolution requires engagement with the figure of the 'rough diamond', a person of worth and character, but lacking in manners, education, and refinement. A cast of unpolished entrepreneurs is brought to life as they drive economic and social change, and improve their towns and themselves. The book also contends that the rise of Birmingham cannot be understood without accepting that its vibrant cultural life was a crucial factor that spurred economic growth. Readers are plunged into a hidden provincial world marked by literacy, bookshops, printing, authorship, and the spread of useful knowledge. We see that ordinary people read history and wrote poetry, whilst they grappled with the effects of industrial change. Newly discovered memoirs reveal social conflict and relationships in rare detail. They also address the problems of social mobility, income inequality, and breath-taking technological change that continue to perplex us today.
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Susan Whyman's latest book tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution in the rapidly-expanding city of Birmingham. This book brings to life a cast of 'rough diamonds', people of worth and character, but lacking in manners and education, who improved their towns and themselves.
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Introduction: An Author, A Desk, and a Notebook 1: Hutton's Childhood: Finding a Pathway out of Poverty 2: Rough Diamonds: A New Social Category 3: Hutton Becomes a Book Seller: Birmingham's Print Culture 4: Hutton Rises in the World: Attitudes to Land, Trade, Money, and Religion 5: Hutton Enters Public Office: Political Participation in an Industrial Town 6: Hutton as an Author: 'The Pleasure of Writing is Inconceivable' 7: Hutton and the Priestley Riots: Writing to Defend a Life Appendices
Les mer
Tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence in the rapidly-expanding city of eighteenth-century Birmingham Shows how the city of Birmingham grew in prominence during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment Employs newly-discovered sources to reveal what it was like to live during the Industrial Revolution, with its rapid economic and social change Explores the notion that the Industrial Revolution was not simply a time of technological change, but also was an intellectual and cultural renaissance Shows the boom of self-education during this time, allowing unschooled people to participate in literate society For the first time, considers the causes of the Priestley riots from the viewpoint of a victim, based on newly-discovered manuscripts
Les mer
Susan Whyman is an independent historian, formerly of Princeton University, where she received both MA and PhD degrees. Whyman lectures and publishes widely, both in England and the US, on British culture. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers, 1660-1800, winner of the 2010 Modern Language Association Prize for Independent Scholars; Sociability and Power: The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys, nominated for the History Today Prize; and Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London: John Gay's Trivia (1716), co-edited with Clare Brant (all published by Oxford University Press).
Les mer
Tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence in the rapidly-expanding city of eighteenth-century Birmingham Shows how the city of Birmingham grew in prominence during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment Employs newly-discovered sources to reveal what it was like to live during the Industrial Revolution, with its rapid economic and social change Explores the notion that the Industrial Revolution was not simply a time of technological change, but also was an intellectual and cultural renaissance Shows the boom of self-education during this time, allowing unschooled people to participate in literate society For the first time, considers the causes of the Priestley riots from the viewpoint of a victim, based on newly-discovered manuscripts
Les mer

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...but the detailed analysis...presents a wonderful picture...

Susan E. Whyman, The American Historical Review

One of Whyman's strengths across this volume is her close engagement with archival material. The text is, as such, multi-voiced-we can engage with Hutton as public andprivate figure but also with a range of primary evidence, whether in his sister's letters, or the testimony, and life-histories, of others who thrived in Birmingham's entrepreneurial atmosphere.

Lynda Mugglestone, Midland History

Whyman makes a strong argument for the importance of local culture and individual agency in facilitating British industrialization, contending that it was people like Hutton and towns like Birmingham that made industrialization possible ... her work effectively reverses the assumptions guiding many social and micro-histories that focus on identifying representative past ideas, values, and experiences.

Christopher Ferguson, Journal of British Studies

Se alle

A fascinating account.

Hannah Barker, History Today, Best History Books 2018

The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton shows the rapid rise of a self-taught workman and the growing prominence of the city of Birmingham during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. Hutton achieved wealth, land, status, and literary fame, but later became a victim of violent riots. The book boldly claims that an understanding of the Industrial Revolution requires engagement with the figure of the 'rough diamond', a person of worth and character, but lacking in manners, education, and refinement. A cast of unpolished entrepreneurs is brought to life as they drive economic and social change, and improve their towns and themselves. The book also contends that the rise of Birmingham cannot be understood without accepting that its vibrant cultural life was a crucial factor that spurred economic growth. Readers are plunged into a hidden provincial world marked by literacy, bookshops, printing, authorship, and the spread of useful knowledge. We see that ordinary people read history and wrote poetry, whilst they grappled with the effects of industrial change. Newly discovered memoirs reveal social conflict and relationships in rare detail. They also address the problems of social mobility, income inequality, and breath-taking technological change that continue to perplex us today.
Les mer
Susan Whyman's latest book tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution in the rapidly-expanding city of Birmingham. This book brings to life a cast of 'rough diamonds', people of worth and character, but lacking in manners and education, who improved their towns and themselves.
Les mer
Introduction: An Author, A Desk, and a Notebook 1: Hutton's Childhood: Finding a Pathway out of Poverty 2: Rough Diamonds: A New Social Category 3: Hutton Becomes a Book Seller: Birmingham's Print Culture 4: Hutton Rises in the World: Attitudes to Land, Trade, Money, and Religion 5: Hutton Enters Public Office: Political Participation in an Industrial Town 6: Hutton as an Author: 'The Pleasure of Writing is Inconceivable' 7: Hutton and the Priestley Riots: Writing to Defend a Life Appendices
Les mer
Tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence in the rapidly-expanding city of eighteenth-century Birmingham Shows how the city of Birmingham grew in prominence during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment Employs newly-discovered sources to reveal what it was like to live during the Industrial Revolution, with its rapid economic and social change Explores the notion that the Industrial Revolution was not simply a time of technological change, but also was an intellectual and cultural renaissance Shows the boom of self-education during this time, allowing unschooled people to participate in literate society For the first time, considers the causes of the Priestley riots from the viewpoint of a victim, based on newly-discovered manuscripts
Les mer
Susan Whyman is an independent historian, formerly of Princeton University, where she received both MA and PhD degrees. Whyman lectures and publishes widely, both in England and the US, on British culture. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers, 1660-1800, winner of the 2010 Modern Language Association Prize for Independent Scholars; Sociability and Power: The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys, nominated for the History Today Prize; and Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London: John Gay's Trivia (1716), co-edited with Clare Brant (all published by Oxford University Press).
Les mer
Tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence in the rapidly-expanding city of eighteenth-century Birmingham Shows how the city of Birmingham grew in prominence during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment Employs newly-discovered sources to reveal what it was like to live during the Industrial Revolution, with its rapid economic and social change Explores the notion that the Industrial Revolution was not simply a time of technological change, but also was an intellectual and cultural renaissance Shows the boom of self-education during this time, allowing unschooled people to participate in literate society For the first time, considers the causes of the Priestley riots from the viewpoint of a victim, based on newly-discovered manuscripts
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198797838
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
576 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Whyman, Susan E.

Biografisk notat

Susan Whyman is an independent historian, formerly of Princeton University, where she received both MA and PhD degrees. Whyman lectures and publishes widely, both in England and the US, on British culture. She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of The Pen and the People: English Letter Writers, 1660-1800, winner of the 2010 Modern Language Association Prize for Independent Scholars; Sociability and Power: The Cultural Worlds of the Verneys, nominated for the History Today Prize; and Walking the Streets of Eighteenth-Century London: John Gay's Trivia (1716), co-edited with Clare Brant (all published by Oxford University Press).

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