Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 100/2: Higher Learning and Civic Cultures of Knowledge: Manchester 1824-2024

by Stuart Jones (Editor)

Overview

The John Rylands Library houses one of the finest collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world. The collections span five millennia, have a global reach and cover a wide range of subjects, including art and archaeology; economic, social, political, religious and military history; literature, drama and music; science and medicine; theology and philosophy; travel and exploration. For over a century, the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library has published research that complements the Library’s special collections.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526190338
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	12/17/2024
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

H. S. Jones is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Manchester

Table of Contents

Introduction: Higher Learning and Civic Cultures of Knowledge: Manchester 1824–2024 – H. S. Jones
‘Not in the college but city’: Networks of Higher Learning in Manchester before 1824 – Heather Ellis
Aftershocks of Peterloo: Manchester Mechanics’ Institution and Mutual Improvement – Rachel Johnson
The Owens College Extension of 1870–3: Rethinking the Origins of the Civic UniversityTradition in England – H. S. Jones
Lancashire Trade, UniversityWork: The University of Manchester and the Regional Economy, c. 1930–39 – Chris Godden
Servicing the State: Municipality and the Military Industrial Complex – Richard Brook
Forging the future with the white heat of the past? Legacies of ‘the Tech’, and the making of the Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 1966–74 – Erin Beeston