Rural Rides

图书标准信息

• 作者 William Cobbett 著
• 出版社 Penguin Classics； New Ed
• 出版时间 2001-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140435795
• 定价 159.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 576页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

IfoundtheworkingpeopleofFromeveryintelligent;verywellinformedastothecauseoftheirmisery;notatallhumbuggeredbythecanters,whetheraboutreligionorloyalty.
——from"SalisburytoHighworth,Saturday,2September"

Sonofaninnkeeper,formersoldier,championoftheworkingclass,earlyanticorporateactivist,andfutureMemberofParliament-WillCobbett'suniqueeyeoffersusaperspectiveon19th-centuryEnglandwewon'tfindanywhereelse.
CobbettroamedSouthernEnglandonhorsebackintheyearsbetween1821and1832,gatheringhis"economicalandpoliticalobservationsrelativetomattersapplicableto,andillustratedby,thestateof"thatcharmingpartoftheworld,oneinthethroesofmassivechangeinthewakeoftheIndustrialRevolution.
Thisisanextraordinaryrecordofaworldlonggone,oneverylittledocumentedwhenitexisted,byavoicewhowasfaraheadofhistime.BritishjournalistandradicalWILLIAMCOBBETT(1762-1835)isalsotheauthorofTheProgressofaPloughboytoaSeatinParliament(1830).
--Thistextreferstotheedition.

【作者简介】

BritishjournalistandradicalWILLIAMCOBBETT(1762-1835)isalsotheauthorofTheProgressofaPloughboytoaSeatinParliament(1830).
——Thistextreferstotheedition.