The people's farm : English radical agrarianism, 1775-1840 / Malcolm Chase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, Malcolm.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spence, Thomas, 1750-1814.

Spence, Thomas.

Radicalism--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Radicalism.

Radicalism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Land reform.

History.

Great Britain.

Land reform--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Land reform--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

vi, 221 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

This book traces the development of agrarian ideas from the 1770s to Chartism and beyond, exploring why, in an era of industrialization and urban growth, land remained one of the major issues in British popular politics. Arguing that agrarianism was an integral part of the working-class experience and radical politics, Chase analyzes the relationship between "land consciousness" and early socialism, the attempts to create alternative communities, and contemporary perceptions of nature and the environment. He also provides the most extensive study to date of the influence of Thomas Spence and his followers, and throws new light on the Spa fields and Cato Street conspiracies, charting their contribution to the radicalism of the period.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [191]-211.

ISBN:

0198201052 :

OCLC:

17508357