William Cobbett
Biographic Data
| ID | 1115355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Cobbett |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Cobbett |
| SIGNATURE | COBBETT W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cirencester Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1938 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Popular Struggles in South Africa
A new urban narrative for sustainable development
A Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Letters: Intended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General; But, More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plou…
Indefatigable as a writer and reformer on rural and political questions in his native Britain, William Cobbett (1763–1835) wrote the present work during the period he spent as a farmer in the United States. Intended for young people and especially 'soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys' (Cobbett had himself been one of the latter), it provides concise and practical explanations of grammatical terms, touching on aspects of orthography, p…
Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Letters: Intended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General; but, More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plough…
Year's Residence in the United States of America: Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil… of the Expenses of Housekeeping… of the Manners and Customs of the People; and, of the Ins…
A Year's Residence in the United States of America: Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil… of the Expenses of Housekeeping… of the Manners and Customs of the People; and, of the I…
William Cobbett (1763–1835) was an English farmer and political reformer. He is best known for his Rural Rides (1830), also reissued in this series, which documents the life of nineteenth-century British agricultural workers and calls for social change. In 1816–7 Cobbett campaigned energetically for parliamentary reform, but when new anti-Radical legislation was passed he fled to North America and settled on a Long Island farm. This book, first p…
Peter Porcupine in America: Pamphlets on Republicanism and Revolution
Behind the ‘curtain’ at Botshabelo: Redefining the urban labour market in South Africa
The brutal policy of forced removals in South Africa has produced, among various effects, a township of half a million people in the Orange Free State. This article examines the rationale behind the creation of Botshabelo, questioning the official version of events. While most of its people are refugees from the ‘white’ agricultural sector, the township provides Bloemfontein and the surrounding region with labour and investment in the township ev…
La réforme régionale comme stratégie économique et politique
South Africa's regional political economy : a critical analysis of reform strategy in the 1980's. The authors develop a critical analysis of the emerging reformist regional strategy of the South African government. New controls on labour movement and settlements (termed «orderly urbanization»), regional development policies, through die creation of déconcentration points and industrial development points, and local and second tier of government r…
The English Gardener
Letters from William Cobbett to Edward Thornton Written in the Years 1797 to 1800
Letters from William Cobbett to Edward Thornton Written in the Years 1797 to 1800
The English Gardener
Behind the ‘curtain’ at Botshabelo: Redefining the urban labour market in South Africa
The brutal policy of forced removals in South Africa has produced, among various effects, a township of half a million people in the Orange Free State. This article examines the rationale behind the creation of Botshabelo, questioning the official version of events. While most of its people are refugees from the ‘white’ agricultural sector, the township provides Bloemfontein and the surrounding region with labour and investment in the township ev…
La réforme régionale comme stratégie économique et politique
South Africa's regional political economy : a critical analysis of reform strategy in the 1980's. The authors develop a critical analysis of the emerging reformist regional strategy of the South African government. New controls on labour movement and settlements (termed «orderly urbanization»), regional development policies, through die creation of déconcentration points and industrial development points, and local and second tier of government r…
Peter Porcupine in America: Pamphlets on Republicanism and Revolution
A Year's Residence in the United States of America: Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil… of the Expenses of Housekeeping… of the Manners and Customs of the People; and, of the I…
William Cobbett (1763–1835) was an English farmer and political reformer. He is best known for his Rural Rides (1830), also reissued in this series, which documents the life of nineteenth-century British agricultural workers and calls for social change. In 1816–7 Cobbett campaigned energetically for parliamentary reform, but when new anti-Radical legislation was passed he fled to North America and settled on a Long Island farm. This book, first p…
Year's Residence in the United States of America: Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil… of the Expenses of Housekeeping… of the Manners and Customs of the People; and, of the Ins…
A Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Letters: Intended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General; But, More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plou…
Indefatigable as a writer and reformer on rural and political questions in his native Britain, William Cobbett (1763–1835) wrote the present work during the period he spent as a farmer in the United States. Intended for young people and especially 'soldiers, sailors, apprentices, and plough-boys' (Cobbett had himself been one of the latter), it provides concise and practical explanations of grammatical terms, touching on aspects of orthography, p…
Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Letters: Intended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General; but, More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plough…
A new urban narrative for sustainable development
Popular Struggles in South Africa
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