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Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914 Dr Matthew Roberts

Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914 By Dr Matthew Roberts

Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914 by Dr Matthew Roberts


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A critical introduction to the mass political movements that came of age in urban England between the Great Reform Act of 1832 and the start of World War One. Roberts provides a guide to the new approaches to topics such as Chartism, parliamentary reform, Gladstonian Liberalism, popular Conservatism and the independent Labour movement.

Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914 Summary

Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914 by Dr Matthew Roberts

A critical introduction to the mass political movements that came of age in urban England between the Great Reform Act of 1832 and the start of World War One. Roberts provides a guide to the new approaches to topics such as Chartism, parliamentary reform, Gladstonian Liberalism, popular Conservatism and the independent Labour movement.

Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914 Reviews

'An excellent survey of the history of nineteenth-century British politics, based on a thorough and extensive set of readings of the latest scholarship on the subject.' - Peter Stansky, Stanford University, USA

About Dr Matthew Roberts

MATTHEW ROBERTS is Lecturer in Modern British History at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Citizenship, the Franchise and Electoral Culture.- Radicalism in the Age of the Chartists.- The Culture and 'Failure' of Radicalism.- The Making of Mid-Victoran 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.- Bibliography.- Index.

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GOR005736886
9781403949127
1403949123
Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914 by Dr Matthew Roberts
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2008-12-16
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