Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Politics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Medusa, Or, Penny Politician
Author: Medusa, Or, Penny Politician
Author: Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Iorwerth ProtheroPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136163867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
First published in 1979, this book was the first, full-length study of working-class movements in London between 1800 and the beginnings of Chartism in the later 1830s. The leaders and rank and file in these movements were almost invariably artisans, and this book examines the position of the skilled artisan in politics. Starting from the social ideals, outlook and the experience of the London artisan, Dr Prothero describes trade union, political, co-operative, educational and intellectual movements in the first forty years of the century. Setting a scene of alternating growth and contraction in trade, successive hostile governments and the increasing articulation of working-class consciousness the author shows that artisans could be no less militant, radical or anti-capitalist than other groups of working class men.
Pamphlets on British Politics: 1819
Author: Radical Food: Ethics and politics
Author: Timothy MortonPublisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415203999
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This set reprints a fascinating variety of texts originally published between 1790 and 1820. Offering a unique look at the cultural and literary history of food in the eighteenth century, some highlights include: treatises on food and drink adulteration; vegetarian tracts; the period's most influential pamphlet about boycotting sugar as part of the anti-slavery debate; works on alcohol consumption, Shelley's translation of Euripedes' satyr play about cannibalism; and much more.
The Politics of the Picturesque
Author: Stephen CopleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521441137
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Essays on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ways of looking at landscape, in theory and practice.
Routledge Library of British Political History
Author: S. MaccobyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113644940X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
This is volume 2 of the set ^English Radicalism (1935-1961). Reissuing the epic undertaking of Dr S. Maccoby, these volumes cover the story of English Radicalism from its origins right through to its questionable end. By Combining new sources with the old and often long forgotten, the volumes provide an impressive history of radicalism and shed light on the course of English political development. The six volumes are arranged chronologically from 1762 through to the perceived end of British Radicalism in the mid-twentieth century.
Class List of the Books in the Reference Library
Author: Nottingham (England). Free Public Reference LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
The Medusa Reader
Author: Marjorie GarberPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136635343
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Fascinating and terrifying, the Medusa story has long been a powerful signifier in culture with poets, feminists, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, political theorists, artists, writers, and others. Bringing together the essential passages and commentary about Medusa, The Medusa Reader traces her through the ages, from classical times through the Renaissance to the pop culture, art, and fashion of today. This collection, with a critical introduction and striking illustrations, is the first major anthology of primary material and critical commentary on this most provocative and enigmatic of figures.
The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
Author: David BrucePublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739183389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The social conscience of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) developed as he operated a brewery in Spitalfields, nineteenth-century London’s poorest parish. His interest and research on penal discipline brought him national prominence and led to a parliamentary career that lasted nearly two decades. Buxton’s association with noted activist William Wilberforce led to his own involvement in the anti-slavery movement, a cause he fiercely championed, resulting in Britain’s abolition of slavery in 1834. Buxton’s involvement in the disastrous 1841 Niger expedition effectively ended his public career and paved the way to British imperialism in Africa. A man of many interests, Buxton also supported Catholic emancipation and ending the Hindu suttee. Few nineteenth-century social reformers have had as much of an impact or have cast as long a shadow as Buxton. At the time of his death, many saw him as the epitome of Christian activism, yet today Buxton remains largely ignored and forgotten. David Bruce examines the life of one of Great Britain’s most prominent social activists. Using his personal papers, and the papers and books of his friends, associates, and contemporaries, The Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton paints a portrait of a unique individual driven to improve his world.