This first full-scale biography finally brings to light Hunt's vital role in molding the English working-class into an effective political force. Converted to the reform cause during the wars against Napoleonic France, Hunt gave popular radicalism a distinctly working-class perspective that countered the contemporary belief in a laissez-faire political economy. Hero of the unrepresented and repressed, scourge of the moderate reformers and gradualists, Hunt set the standard for the Chartist challenge. This work, based on a wide range of primary sources, reassessed Hunt's influential career and illuminates a formative period in the development of radical politics in England.

"Orator" Hunt: Henry Hunt and English Working-Class Radicalism

Belchem, John

Oxford University Press

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 grievances - 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 themselves. This is an accessible and much-needed introduction to the new linguistic and cultural approaches to nineteenth-century popular politics.

Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Social History in Perspective)

History

Europe

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Social History in Perspective, 8)

Red Globe Press

Class, Party and the Political System in Britain, 1867-1914 (Historical Association Studies)

Class Party and the Political System (Historical Association Studies)

Basil Blackwell

Class Party and the Political System in Britain: 1867-1914 (Historical Association Studies)

Blackwell*publishers

Merseypride: Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism

Located at the intersection of competing cultural, economic and geo-political formations, Liverpool stands outside the main narrative frameworks of modern British history, the exception to general norms. In exploring this proverbial exceptionalism, these essays by a leading scholar of the history of Liverpool and of the Irish show how a sense of apartness has always been crucial to Liverpool’s identity. Liverpool’s "otherness" has been upheld (and inflated) in self-referential myth, a "Merseypride" that has shown considerable ingenuity in adjusting to the city’s changing fortunes. Among the topics considered are Liverpool’s problematic projection of itself through history and heritage; the belated emergence of "scouse", as cultural badge and signifier; and the origins and dominance of Toryism in popular political culture. The final section offers comparative perspectives embracing North America, Australia and other European "second cities". "Belchem is entitled to take pride in this piece of Mersey history."—History

Liverpool University Press

Located at the intersection of competing cultural, economic and geo-political formations, Liverpool stands outside the main narrative frameworks of modern British history, the exception to general norms. In exploring this proverbial exceptionalism, these essays by a leading scholar of the history of Liverpool and of the Irish show how a sense of apartness has always been crucial to Liverpool’s identity. Liverpool’s "otherness" has been upheld (and inflated) in self-referential myth, a "Merseypride" that has shown considerable ingenuity in adjusting to the city’s changing fortunes. Among the topics considered are Liverpool’s problematic projection of itself through history and heritage; the belated emergence of "scouse", as cultural badge and signifier; and the origins and dominance of Toryism in popular political culture. The final section offers comparative perspectives embracing North America, Australia and other European "second cities"."Belchem is entitled to take pride in this piece of Mersey history."—History

This book provides the reader with a wide-ranging social history of the English working class from 1750 to 1900, and brings a new perspective to historical debate about the industrial revolution and the making of the English working class. The study is divided into three sections ranging from a consideration of the "classic" industrial revolution, 1750-1850, through the mid-Victorian boom, 1850-1875, to the late-Victorian "Great Depression" of 1875-1900. In each section the author discusses issues such as Living Standards, housing, work, popular culture, radicalism and reformism and by so doing he illuminates areas of working class experience which are excluded from other studies of the industrial revolution. This book will acquaint readers with some of the most controversial areas of debate in modern British social history.

Industrialization and the working class: The English experience, 1750-1900

Business & Money

Economics

Gower Pub.Co.

Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience 1750-1900

This book provides the reader with a wide-ranging social history of the English working class from 1750 to 1900, and brings a new perspective to historical debate about the industrial revolution and the making of the English working class. The study is divided into three sections ranging from a consideration of the "classic" industrial revolution, 1750-1850, through the mid-Victorian boom, 1850-1875, to the late-Victorian "Great Depression" of 1875-1900. In each section the author discusses issues such as Living Standards, housing, work, popular culture, radicalism and reformism and by so doing he illuminates areas of working class experience which are excluded from other studies of the industrial revolution. This book will acquaint readers with some of the most controversial areas of debate in modern British social history.

Scolar Pr

An "AS NEW" hardbound copy, bound in marron cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. DJ is also in fine condition and is now in a protective mylar cover. No markings or faults. NOT an ex-library copy. Indexed. 287 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: history; ISBN: 0918400147. ISBN/EAN: 9780918400147. Inventory No: 009680.

Areopagitica Pr Inc

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"Orator" Hunt: Henry Hunt and English Working-Class Radicalism

Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Social History in Perspective)

Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Social History in Perspective, 8)

Class Party and the Political System (Historical Association Studies)

Class Party and the Political System in Britain: 1867-1914 (Historical Association Studies)

Merseypride: Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism

Merseypride: Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism

Industrialization and the working class: The English experience, 1750-1900

Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience 1750-1900

Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience 1750-1900