Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain by John Belchem

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Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain by John Belchem

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A wide-ranging overview of radicalism throughout the "long" 19th century, from the days of "Wilkes and Liberty" to the aftermath of World War I, this study offers a critical introduction to new linguistic and cultural approaches. It studies both working-class and middle-class radicalism.

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Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain by John Belchem

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.
JOHN BELCHAM is Reader in History at the University of Liverpool. He is Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History and has published several books, including 'Orator' Hunt: Henry Hunt and English Working-Class Radicalism (1985); Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience, 1750-1900 (1990); Class, Party and the Political System in Britain, 1867-1914 (1990); and, as co-editor with Richard Price, A Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century World History (1994).
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ISBN 13 9780333565759
ISBN 10 0333565754
Title Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Author John Belchem
Series Social History In Perspective
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1995-12-18
Number of pages 222
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