Chase Chartism

A new history
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-136-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten

No British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book is the only history to offer complete, in-depth coverage of the full chronological spread of its activities (1838-58), based throughout on detailed research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chase, Malcolm

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 May-September 1838: ‘I have in my hand a charter – the people’s charter’
Chartist lives: Abram and Elizabeth Hanson

2 October-December 1838: ‘The people are up’
Chartist lives: Patrick Brewster

3 January-July 1839: ‘The People’s Parliament’
Chartist lives: Thomas Powel

4 July-November 1839: ‘Extreme excitement and apprehension’

Chartist lives: John Watkins

5 November 1839-January 1840: After Newport
Chartist lives: Samuel Holberry

6 February 1840-December 1841: ‘The Charter and nothing less’
Chartist lives: Elizabeth Neesom

7 1842: ‘Toasting muffins at a volcano’
Chartist lives: Richard Pilling

8 1843-1846: Doldrums Years
Chartist lives: Ann Dawson

9 July-1846-April 1848: ‘A time to make men politicians’
Chartist lives: William Cuffay

10 April 1848-1852: ‘Decent revolutionaries’?
11 Chartist Lives: ‘Ever present to the progressive mind’

Money, prices and wages: a note
A note on sources and further reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chase Malcolm:

Malcolm Chase is Professor of Social History at the University of LeedsMalcolm Chase was Reader in Labour History at the University of Leeds