The Wheelwright's Shop
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521091950
ISBN 13
9780521091954
Category
Tools
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Publication Year
1963
Publisher
Pages
264
Description
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.
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