Author: M. Baer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137035293
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy.
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890
Author: M. Baer
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137035293
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137035293
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy.
Popular Contention in Great Britain, 1758-1834
Author: Charles Tilly
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317253795
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
'A rich and thoughtful book.' History 'A magnificent empirical resource accompanied by a subtle and powerful framework of interpretation...It is not often that historical scholarship is so effectively harnessed to the sociological imagination.' American Journal of Sociology 'This is a masterpiece of social movement analysis by an author at the peak of his analytical powers making full use of one of the most extensive evidence files available.' Mobilization Between 1750 and 1840 ordinary British people abandoned such time-honored forms of protest as collective seizures of grain, the sacking of buildings, public humiliation, and physical abuse in favor of marches, petition drives, public meetings, and other sanctioned routines of social movement politics. The change created - for the first time anywhere - mass participation in national politics. Charles Tilly is the first to address the depth and significance of the transformations in popular collective action during this period. The author elucidates four distinct phases in the transformation to mass political participation and identifies the forms and occasions for collective action that characterized and dominated each. He provides rich descriptions, not only of a wide variety of popular protests, but also of such influential figures as John Wilkes, Lord George Gordon, William Cobbett, and Daniel O'Connell.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317253795
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
'A rich and thoughtful book.' History 'A magnificent empirical resource accompanied by a subtle and powerful framework of interpretation...It is not often that historical scholarship is so effectively harnessed to the sociological imagination.' American Journal of Sociology 'This is a masterpiece of social movement analysis by an author at the peak of his analytical powers making full use of one of the most extensive evidence files available.' Mobilization Between 1750 and 1840 ordinary British people abandoned such time-honored forms of protest as collective seizures of grain, the sacking of buildings, public humiliation, and physical abuse in favor of marches, petition drives, public meetings, and other sanctioned routines of social movement politics. The change created - for the first time anywhere - mass participation in national politics. Charles Tilly is the first to address the depth and significance of the transformations in popular collective action during this period. The author elucidates four distinct phases in the transformation to mass political participation and identifies the forms and occasions for collective action that characterized and dominated each. He provides rich descriptions, not only of a wide variety of popular protests, but also of such influential figures as John Wilkes, Lord George Gordon, William Cobbett, and Daniel O'Connell.
Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author: John Belchem
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349243906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In offering a wide-ranging overview of radicalism throughout the 'long' nineteenth century, from the mid eighteenth century to the aftermath of the First World War, this study contests the methods and findings of recent revisionist interpretations. Radical movements faced a more difficult task than other political formations since they sought not merely to construct an audience - to find a language which resonated with people's material needs and greivances - but to mobilise for change. Options were limited as radicals had to conform to rhetorical, organisational and cultural norms to ensure popular legitimacy and support. This volume pays particular attention therefore to contextual factors: to the changing codes and conventions of political culture and public space. Through critical engagement with revisionist and post-modernist interpretations, it throws new light on factors which often divided liberals from radicals, and indeed, radicals from themselves. This is an accessible and much-needed introduction to the new linguistic and cultural approaches to nineteenth-century popular politics.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349243906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In offering a wide-ranging overview of radicalism throughout the 'long' nineteenth century, from the mid eighteenth century to the aftermath of the First World War, this study contests the methods and findings of recent revisionist interpretations. Radical movements faced a more difficult task than other political formations since they sought not merely to construct an audience - to find a language which resonated with people's material needs and greivances - but to mobilise for change. Options were limited as radicals had to conform to rhetorical, organisational and cultural norms to ensure popular legitimacy and support. This volume pays particular attention therefore to contextual factors: to the changing codes and conventions of political culture and public space. Through critical engagement with revisionist and post-modernist interpretations, it throws new light on factors which often divided liberals from radicals, and indeed, radicals from themselves. This is an accessible and much-needed introduction to the new linguistic and cultural approaches to nineteenth-century popular politics.
Radicalism and Revolution in Britain 1775-1848
Author: M. Davis
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023050938X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The spectre of revolution and the nature of radicalism in Britain from the late eighteenth century through to the age of the Chartists has for some time engaged the interest of scholars and been the topic of much debate. This book honours one of the subject's most renowned and respected historians, Professor Malcolm I. Thomis. In a collection distinguished by its formidable range of contributors, a series of stimulating essays explores and re-examines the threats and ideas of revolution and the byzantine networks and character of British radical culture in the turbulent and intriguing years between 1775 and 1848.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 023050938X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The spectre of revolution and the nature of radicalism in Britain from the late eighteenth century through to the age of the Chartists has for some time engaged the interest of scholars and been the topic of much debate. This book honours one of the subject's most renowned and respected historians, Professor Malcolm I. Thomis. In a collection distinguished by its formidable range of contributors, a series of stimulating essays explores and re-examines the threats and ideas of revolution and the byzantine networks and character of British radical culture in the turbulent and intriguing years between 1775 and 1848.
Visionary Religion and Radicalism in Early Industrial England
Author: Philip Lockley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199663874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Early industrial England witnessed significant interactions between millenarianism and traditions of radical popular politics, including the first English socialisms. This book provides a detailed archive-based study of Southcottianism from 1815 to 1840 that revises many previous assumptions about this popular millenarian movement.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199663874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Early industrial England witnessed significant interactions between millenarianism and traditions of radical popular politics, including the first English socialisms. This book provides a detailed archive-based study of Southcottianism from 1815 to 1840 that revises many previous assumptions about this popular millenarian movement.
The Politics of Working-class Education in Britain, 1830-50
Author: Denis G. Paz
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719008115
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719008115
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Party and Politics, 1830–1852
Author: Robert Stewart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349196533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Undergraduate and sixth-form students will undoubtedly benefit from his lucid and critical commentary.' - Martin Pugh, History.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349196533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Undergraduate and sixth-form students will undoubtedly benefit from his lucid and critical commentary.' - Martin Pugh, History.
Liberalism and Local Government in Early Victorian London
Author: Benjamin Weinstein
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This is an exploration of the conflict between Whig politicians and London radicals in metropolitan government.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This is an exploration of the conflict between Whig politicians and London radicals in metropolitan government.
Perilous Question
Author: Antonia Fraser
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610393317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Can a rotten political institution save itself? A story from English history has relevance for our own Congress...
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610393317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Can a rotten political institution save itself? A story from English history has relevance for our own Congress...
Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Iorwerth Prothero
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136163859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136163859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
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.