Charles Knight : educator, publisher, writer
Gray, Valerie, 1942-2019
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'Charles Knight: Educator, Publisher, Writer' is a study of this important 19th-century educational reformer, author, and publisher. Though he made significant contributions during his lifetime to the cause of popular education, providing inexpensive but quality reading material for the newly literate working classes, Knight has been largely ignored by scholars. This neglect, the author suggests, may be related to Knight's association with the controversial Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and to the use scholars make of Knight's Penny Magazine and his two volumes on political economy to support their arguments on theories of social control and other issues. The author argues that Knight's reputation has suffered as a result. She reexamines the evidence to offer fresh assessments of Knight's life and work that illuminate his genuine achievements.
Main title:
Charles Knight : educator, publisher, writer / Valerie Gray.
Author:
Gray, Valerie, 1942-, author
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2019.
Collation:
256 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781138356665 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
070.5092070.509 GRAY
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1923635
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