03442oam 22005654a 450 991015365260332120170922081359.00-8071-6381-3(CKB)3710000000962155(MiAaPQ)EBC4747179(OCoLC)964528113(MdBmJHUP)muse54122(EXLCZ)99371000000096215520160412d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAn Artisan Intellectual James Carter and the Rise of Modern Britain, 1792-1853 /Christopher FergusonBaton Rouge, Louisiana :Louisiana State University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (315 pages) illustrations, tables0-8071-6380-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: James Carter's Britain, 1792-1853 -- The Tailors' Industrial Revolution -- Literacy and the Learned Tailor -- The Countryman in London -- The City in the Country -- The Man and the Mass -- Conclusion: "Great Men" and the Making of Modern Britain."In An Artisan Intellectual, Christopher Ferguson examines the life and ideas of English tailor and writer James Carter, one of countless and largely anonymous citizens whose lives dramatically transformed during Britain's long march to modernity. Carter began his working life at age thirteen as an apprentice and continued to work as a tailor throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, first in Colchester and then in London. As the Industrial Revolution brought innovations to every aspect of British life, Carter took advantage of opportunities to push against the boundaries of his working-class background. He supplemented his income through his writing, publishing often unsigned books, articles, and poems on subjects as diverse as religion, death, nature, aesthetics, and theories of civilization. Carter's words give us a fascinating window into the revolutionary forces that upended the world of ordinary citizens in this era and demonstrate how the changes in daily life impacted personal experiences and intellectual pursuits as well as labor practices and living and working environments. Ferguson deftly explores a forgotten tailor's varied responses to the many transformations that produced the world's first modern society"--From publisher's website.Industrial revolutionSocial aspectsGreat BritainHistory19th centurySocial changeGreat BritainHistory19th centuryIntellectualsGreat BritainBiographyAuthors, English19th centuryBiographyArtisansGreat BritainBiographyTailorsGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainSocial conditions19th centuryGreat BritainHistory19th centuryBiographyElectronic books. Industrial revolutionSocial aspectsHistorySocial changeHistoryIntellectualsAuthors, EnglishArtisansTailors941.07Ferguson Christopher1976-1748099MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910153652603321An Artisan Intellectual4180602UNINA