Record Number: 4264
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[Jack Ashley] was less prepared for Ruskin [College] than most of the students, having read only two books since leaving school: Jack London's The Iron Heel and the regulations of the Widnes Town Council. But principal Lionel Elvin "appreciated the profound dificulties facing working class students": "When I stumbled through the intricacies of the political theories of Marx, Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke and T.H. Green, he marked my work frankly yet gave encouragement... He was an excellent teacher, genuinely interested in discussing ideas and persuading students to express their own"
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
specific address: Ruskin College
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1922
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:trade unionist
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Politics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4264
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:261-2
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 261-2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4264, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
See Jack Ashley, 'Journey into Silence' (London, 1973), pp.68-73
