The Wheelwright's Shop - Couverture souple

Sturt, George

 
9780521447720: The Wheelwright's Shop
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ISBN 10 : 0521447720 ISBN 13 : 9780521447720
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

George Sturt's frank and moving account of his trade as a wheelwright in the late nineteenth century offers a unique glimpse into the working lives of craftsmen in a world since banished by technology. The wheelwright's shop where he entered business had been operating for two centuries; this chronicle, first published in 1923, is a poignant record of that tradition, written as it was passing into history. E. P. Thompson's new foreword acclaims the significance of Sturt's engaging narrative as a vital document in the history of labour at the turn of the century. '… a classic … Mr Sturt's masterpiece. A delightfully urbane and informing book, full of valuable material for the social historian and a sheer pleasure to read.' New Statesman 'It shows in the author a combination of the gifts of a handicraftsman, the actual maker of things, with the powers of a writer, in a way not common in English literature.' The Times Literary Supplement

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Présentation de l'éditeur

George Sturt's frank and moving account of his trade as a wheelwright in the late nineteenth century offers a unique glimpse into the working lives of craftsmen in a world since banished by technology. The wheelwright's shop where he entered business had been operating for two centuries; this chronicle, first published in 1923, is a poignant record of that tradition, written as it was passing into history. E. P. Thompson's new foreword acclaims the significance of Sturt's engaging narrative as a vital document in the history of labour at the turn of the century. '... a classic ... Mr Sturt's masterpiece. A delightfully urbane and informing book, full of valuable material for the social historian and a sheer pleasure to read.' New Statesman 'It shows in the author a combination of the gifts of a handicraftsman, the actual maker of things, with the powers of a writer, in a way not common in English literature.' The Times Literary Supplement

Revue de presse

'... a classic ... Mr Sturt's masterpiece. A delightfully urbane and informing book, full of valuable material for the social historian and a sheer pleasure to read.' New Statesman

'It shows in the author a combination of the gifts of a handicraftsman, the actual maker of things, with the powers of a writer, in a way not common in English literature.' The Times Literary Supplement

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521447720
ISBN 13 
9780521447720
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
258
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
https://www.avery.fr/

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France

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9781621387626: The Wheelwright's Shop

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1621387623 ISBN 13 :  9781621387626
Editeur : Angelico Press, 2021
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