Outsiders by Dorothy Thompson

Outsiders by Dorothy Thompson

This book brings together Dorothy Thompson's most important essays on English social history, written over the last 25 years, many previously unpublished. Thompson analyzes the Chartist movement, not simply as a political programme, however significant, but as the mass phenomenon which offers the focus for an elucidation of the concept of class. Thompson is also concerned with Queen Victoria: how did a woman holding the highest office in the land affect British women and was it a factor in the non-republican stance of radical politics of the time? The essays are complemented by an introduction in which Dorothy Thompson reflects on the politics of the period in which she wrote them, on her own political involvements and on the relationship of her work as a historian to that of her husband, E.P. Thompson. The book should make a useful introductory text for students of history. It includes Thompson's essays on women's activism in early radical politics and 19th century popular politics. The book should also attract a wide general readership.

“The left’s foremost cultural historian and critic.. an acute and perceptive political commentator.”—Comment

“Williams is the Western thinker who, along with Antonio Gramsci, has done most to enlarge our understanding of the political complexities of culture.”—Village Voice

Dorothy Thompson (1923-2011) was a social historian, a leading expert on the Chartist movement, including The Chartists, Outsiders: Class, Gender and Nation and Queen Victoria.
Stephen Roberts is historian of Victorian Britain, with a particular interest in Chartism. He has written or edited a number of well-known books on this subject. He was taught, as both an undergraduate and postgraduate, by Dorothy Thompson. He is currently Visiting Research Fellow in Victorian History at Newman University, Birmingham.

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ISBN 13	9780860916505
ISBN 10	0860916502
Title	Outsiders
Author	Dorothy Thompson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Verso Books
Year published	1993-09-17
Number of pages	192
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