Rural Rides
- 作者
- 出版社 Penguin Classics； New Ed
- 出版时间 2001年9月 第1版
- ISBN 9780140435795
- 定价 159.20
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.
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