British planners in 1919 designed rural institutes centered on workers’ self-education

Evidence

Th e Adult Education Committee envisioned the spread of critical economic knowledge to the rural areas. It remarked: “it is certain that with the growth of trade unionism amongst agricultural workers, there will be a demand for economic history and economics from the point of view of the workers’ experience and interests” (ibid., 146). Th is vision of cultural empowerment gave rise to ambitious schemes of public transport and urban planning, for example to build a Village Institute- “a living nucleus of communal activity” that included “a hall large enough for dances, cinema shows, concerts, plays, public lectures, and exhibitions,” as well as “a public library and local museum” (ibid. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 304

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Britain’s 1919 adult education ideal of lifelong universal learning remains unmet — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 299; 1919 British labor leaders saw working-class education as fueling revolt against authority — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1666

Broader Connections

• 1919 British labor leaders saw working-class education as fueling revolt against authority #expands (0.82) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1666