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dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-21T09:38:00Z
dc.date.available2024-08-21T09:38:00Z
dc.date.issued2011-09
dc.identifier.citationGriffiths, S. (2011). The Supporters of the Macclesfield Society for Acquiring Useful Knowledge. Northern History, 48(2), 295-314. https://doi.org/10.1179/007817211X13061632130601en_US
dc.identifier.issn0078-172Xen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1179/007817211x13061632130601en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/628960
dc.description.abstractThe Macclesfield Society for Acquiring Useful Knowledge was founded in 1835 and became one of the East Cheshire silk town's most successful educational institutions by the mid nineteenth century. The Macclesfield version was part of the second wave of mechanics' institutes and lasted for fifty-seven years. The Society originated from two mutual improvement groups who enlisted the help of a leading silk manufacturer. As a result, the Society was founded to provide useful knowledge to the town's inhabitants without any political or religious bias. The Society's supporters tended to be businessmen, professionals and representatives from prominent families in the area, in common with those of many other mechanics' institutes. The extant reports contain information on the institution, together with speeches given by its prominent patrons which cover a broad range of topics, from local and regional issues to national legislation. This source material gives an insight into the beliefs of the Society's supporters and how they changed in response to different influences, such as the introduction of the 1870 Education Act, the effects of trade depression on Macclesfield and the loss of protective tariffs for the English silk industry. © The University of Leeds, 2011.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnfundeden_US
dc.languageen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/007817211X13061632130601en_US
dc.subject4303 Historical Studiesen_US
dc.subject43 History, Heritage and Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject2101 Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject2103 Historical Studiesen_US
dc.subject4301 Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject4303 Historical studiesen_US
dc.titleThe Supporters of the Macclesfield Society for Acquiring Useful Knowledgeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1745-8706en_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chesteren_US
dc.identifier.journalNorthern Historyen_US
dc.date.updated2024-08-20T12:51:48Z
dc.identifier.volume48
dc.date.accepted2011
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUnfundeden_US
rioxxterms.versionNAen_US
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
dc.source.issue2
dc.source.beginpage295
dc.source.endpage314
dc.date.deposited2024-08-21en_US


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