The Chartists by John Charlton

The Chartists by John Charlton

'[The Chartists] is lucid, well crafted, conversant with a mass of literature and highly accessible. It is in short a real achievement...' Professor David McNally, Department of Political Science, York University, Toronto Chartism was the first national workers' movement, drawing together in activity working men and women throughout Britain. The mass uprisings of 1839, 1842 and 1848 brought many middle-class radicals prominence, but at a local level hundreds of workers also emerged to give the movement a strong, innovative working-class leadership. The Chartists is the first study to place emphasis on the importance of these mass movements and on the problems of building workers' organisation during the period. John Charlton chronicles the key events and outlines the leading figures, examining many aspects of the movement that are frequently overlooked in introductory texts, from Chartist Christians and Chartist trade unionists to Chartist feminists and the impact of the movement on the thinking of Marx and Engels. Featuring brief biographies and an assessment of recent literature on the subject, this is an original and highly readable history of Chartism.

‘A lucidly written and well-researched account.. Its particular value lies in its examination of areas of the movement often overlooked in introductory texts.' Teaching History

John Charlton is a lecturer in Politics at the University of Leeds and lectured in History and Politics at Leeds Metropolitan University for 25 years. He is one of Britain's leading experts on the multitude of primary texts on the Chartists.

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ISBN 13	9780745311838
ISBN 10	0745311830
Title	The Chartists
Author	John Charlton
Series	Socialist History Of Britain
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	1997-01-20
Number of pages	120
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