the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree : Poverty, A Study of Town Life

[analysis of a female respondent in Arnold Freeman's 1918 Sheffield Survey] 'Munitions worker, age eighteen... Has read Seebohm Rowntree's "Poverty" and a basic economics textbook, as well as "Little Women".'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: questionaire respondent      Print: Book

Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree : Poverty, A Study of Town Life

'A discussion of considerable interest took place on Rowntrees Poverty. Doubt was thrown by Mr Ridges and others upon the correctness of the bases of the argument of the book which were defended by Mr Edminson and others but apparently neither section was convinced by the other. [a discussion ensued comparing Reading with Rowntree's York]'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Members of the XII Book club     Print: Book

Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree : Poverty, A Study of Town Life

'A discussion of considerable interest took place on Rowntrees Poverty. Doubt was thrown by Mr Ridges and others upon the correctness of the bases of the argument of the book which were defended by Mr Edminson and others but apparently neither section was convinced by the other. [a discussion ensued comparing Reading with Rowntree's York]'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: John Ridges      Print: Book

Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree : Poverty, A Study of Town Life

'A discussion of considerable interest took place on Rowntrees Poverty. Doubt was thrown by Mr Ridges and others upon the correctness of the bases of the argument of the book which were defended by Mr Edminson and others but apparently neither section was convinced by the other. [a discussion ensued comparing Reading with Rowntree's York]'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Frederick J. Edminson      Print: Book

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