LEADER 03199nam 22003733a 450 001 9910831843903321 005 20250203232617.0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011750336 035 $a(ScCtBLL)9c2348d9-2bbd-4890-a97a-f66f20704c4c 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011750336 100 $a20250203i20202023 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 02$aA People's History of Classics : $eClass and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 /$fEdith Hall, Henry Stead 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cTaylor and Francis,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (671 p.) 311 08$a9781315446592 311 08$a1315446596 330 $a<P><EM>A People's History of Classics </EM>explores the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, whose voices have been almost completely excluded from previous histories of classical scholarship and pedagogy, in Britain and Ireland from the late 17th <SUP>&nbsp;</SUP>to the early 20th<SUP> </SUP>century.</P> <P>This volume challenges the prevailing scholarly and public assumption that the intimate link between the exclusive intellectual culture of British elites and the study of the ancient Greeks and Romans and their languages meant that working-class culture was a 'Classics-Free Zone'. Making use of diverse sources of information, both published and unpublished, in archives, museums and libraries across the United Kingdom and Ireland, Hall and Stead examine the working-class experience of classical culture from the Bill of Rights in 1689 to the outbreak of World War II. They analyse a huge volume of data, from individuals, groups, regions and activities, in a huge range of sources including memoirs, autobiographies, Trade Union collections, poetry, factory archives, artefacts and documents in regional museums. This allows a deeper understanding not only of the many examples of interaction with the Classics, but also what these cultural interactions signified to the working poor: from the promise of social advancement, to propaganda exploited by the elites, to covert and overt class war.</P> <P><I>A People's History of Classics </I>offers a fascinating and insightful exploration of the many and varied engagements with Greece and Rome among the working classes in Britain and Ireland, and is a must-read not only for classicists, but also for students of British and Irish social, intellectual and political history in this period. Further, it brings new historical depth and perspectives to public debates around the future of classical education, and should be read by anyone with an interest in educational policy in Britain today.</P> <P></P> 606 $aHistory / Ancient$2bisacsh 606 $aHistory 615 7$aHistory / Ancient 615 0$aHistory. 700 $aHall$b Edith$0283486 702 $aStead$b Henry 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910831843903321 996 $aA people's history of classics$93065154 997 $aUNINA