Education, Travel and the 'Civilisation' of the Victorian Working Classes

Dr. Michele M. Strong is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Alabama, USA.

Introduction: Grand Tours and Workers' Tours: Rethinking Victorian Travel and Education 1. 'A True Agent of Civilisation': Travel and the 'Educational Idea' 2. Turning the 'Educational Idea' on its Head: The Lib/Lab Alliance and the Organization of the 1867 Working Men's Exhibition Tours 3. 'The Lessons of Paris': The 1867 Working Men's Exhibition Tours and the Artisan Imagination 4. 'High Attainments': The Artisan Exhibition Tours and the Campaign for Technical Education, 1867-1889 5. Class Trips and the Meaning of British Citizenship: The Regent Street Polytechnic at Home and Abroad, 1871-1903 6. Conclusion: Goody, Gordon, and Shilpa Shetty 'Poppadom': The Politics of Study Abroad from the New Liberalism to New Labour