1 option
Political movements in urban England, 1832-1914 / Matthew Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Matthew, 1978-
- Series:
- British history in perspective (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- British history in perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--England--History--19th century.
- Political participation.
- Social movements--England--History--19th century.
- Social movements.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 231 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Summary:
- Matthew Roberts provides a new history of the mass political movements that came of age in urban England between the Great Reform Act of 1832 and the outbreak of the First World War. In the recent past many of the traditional historical interpretations of these political movements have been challenged, and in many cases overturned. This book offers a critical introduction to the exciting and controversial new approaches to: citizenship and democratization, Chartism, parliamentary reform, Gladstonian Liberalism, popular Conservatism, the independent Labour movement.
- Drawing on the latest research, and placing particular emphasis on the crucial role played by political ideas in defining and mobilizing popular support for these mass movements, this is an invaluable text for students and scholars alike.
- Contents:
- Citizenship, the franchise and electoral culture
- Radicalism in the age of the chartists
- The culture and "failure" of radicalism
- The making of mid-Victorian popular liberalism
- Post-chartist radicalism and the (un)making of popular liberalism
- Rethinking the "transformation" of popular conservatism
- Defining and debating popular conservatism
- The decline of liberalism and the rise of labour I : a narrative
- The decline of liberalism and the rise of labour II : the debate
- The modernization of popular politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781403949110
- 1403949115
- 1403949123
- 9781403949127
- OCLC:
- 253634758
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.