Working-class education and illiteracy in Leicester, 1780-1870
This thesis concentrates on elementary and adult working-class education and illiteracy in Leicester between 1780 and 1870. The need for a literate workforce for the town's economic viability is also examined. The introductory chapters argue that economic and social change had had an adverse ef...
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University of Leicester
2002
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.697187 |