{"product_id":"richard-hoggart-9780745651712","title":"Richard Hoggart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFred Inglis tells this gripping tale of a figure of great significance to anyone who cherishes the stuff of culture, and tells it vividly and directly. It is a tale of a good man with which to edify the present, and to teach us of all that now threatens our best national (and international) forms of expression: our art, our culture, ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A heartwarming salutation to a figure who has all too often been patronized by the massive resources of English snobbery. It is difficult to come away from this biography without feeling renewed admiration for its subject.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In this welcome first biography, Fred Inglis tells a compelling story about Hoggart with warmth and a wealth of family and contextual material.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"An excellent account of this important individual, Richard Hoggart, that also reveals a great deal about the study of culture a d the conditions that are needed for such study to thrive.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThinking Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Fred Inglis has given us a thorough and comprehensive work on a great man in English life and letters. This is not only a biography of Richard Hoggart, but  a celebration of him and a fine tribute.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLord Melvyn Bragg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Inglis does excellent justice to Richard Hoggart's unrivalled studies of working-class and organizational culture. But he also brilliantly captures Hoggart's abiding concern with the moral quality of human life. This is a major biographical achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLaurie Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of York and presenter of BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003ePrologue The Condition of England\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 The Stones of Leeds\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Best Boy: a Grammar School Education\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 A Civic Education: the University of Leeds\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 A Military Education in 'an ingenious and civilian army'\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 The Education of the People\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 Best of Friends: the Book, the Centre and the Moral Community\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 Hoggart-watching: Arguments with Marxism, Aspects of World Government\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 Goldsmiths' and Gold Standards\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 Tiring the Sun\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404399583575,"sku":"9780745651712","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745651712.jpg?v=1730486344","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/richard-hoggart-9780745651712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}