Rural Rides - Softcover

Cobbett, William

 
9780140435795: Rural Rides
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0140435794 ISBN 13: 9780140435795
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate descriptions of the countryside, colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers, and indignant outbursts at the encroaching cities and the sufferings of the exploited poor. Ian Dyck's new edition places these lively accounts of rural life in the context of Cobbett's political and social beliefs and reveals the volume as his platform for rural radical reform.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William Cobbett (1763-1835) spent his youth as a farm worker and gardener. He lived in revolutionary France and Philadelphia where, as 'Peter Porcupine', he rose to fame as a pro-British and anti-Jacobin journalist. Later, back in England, he became a Radical and promoted the cause of reform in politics and agriculture. Ian Dyck is Associate Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. He is the author of 'William Cobbett and Rural Popular Culture' (CUP, 1992).

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0140435794
ISBN 13 
9780140435795
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
576
Herausgeber
Dyck Ian
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