The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 [electronic resource] /
Baer, M.author.
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Commencement: The Boundaries of Politics; 1 Stories: Whig, Radical and Tory Westminster, 1780-1890; Old Corruption: Fox's Westminster, 1780-1806; 'A school of political morality': the Westminster of Place and Burdett, 1807-32; The climax of radical Westminster, 1832-65; Reaping the whirlwind: Westminster, 1866-84; Becoming 'the citadel of reaction'; 2 Tribunes: The Personality of Democracy; Charles James Fox: Whig democrat?; Sir Francis Burdett: patrician democrat; John Stuart Mill: elitist democrat
W. H. Smith: Tory democratThe spirit of the tribune; 3 Words: The Languages of Democracy; Independence; The mob or the people?; Self, society, nation; The people become Conservative; 4 Crowds: The Decline of Disorder; What did crowds want?; Participants; Readings; Why did violence end?; 5 Spaces: Civic, Public, Private and Social; The difference that political space makes; Female political space; Masculinity and political space; Political space and social politics; 6 Rituals: Performing Demotic Political Culture; Uncivil society c.1780-1830; Public politics
Political dinners as public performances7 Associations: From Actors to Audiences; Recasting political dinners and meetings; The waning of political festivity; Demise and rise: public sphere to civil society; Decline of the public citizen; 8 Pictures: Democracy Imagined; The power of pictures; Making visual culture; Printed words: tribunes and crowds; Ideas as images; Drawing conclusions; Conclusion: The Workshop of Democracy; Appendix: Westminster Election Results, 1780-1891; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890 explores a critical chapter in the story of Britain's transition to democracy. Utilising the remarkably rich documentation generated by Westminster elections, Baer reveals how the most radical political space in the age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy.
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Great Britain—History.
World politics.
Social history.
Political science.
World history.
British Politics.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Political History.
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World History, Global and Transnational History.