The World Within the Brain,

by Malcolm E. Weiss

William Cobbett (1763–1835) was at various times a soldier, a farmer, a radical activist and politician, and a journalist. At a time when the Industrial Revolution was dramatically changing the face of rural Britain, Cobbett was constantly concerned with improving the living conditions of the labouring classes. First published in 1821 as a series of pamphlets that sold over 30,000 copies, Cottage Economy demonstrates Cobbett's philosophy that the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671326635
• ISBN13: 9780671326630
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Julian Messner
• Length: 191 Pages