Papers for the People
Subtitle: A Study of the Chartist Press (Chartist Studies series)
Contributors: Joan Allen (Editor); Owen R. Ashton (Editor)
Publisher: Merlin Press
Published: October 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780850365405
Subjects: Political activism; Press & journalism; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; British Isles; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; 19th century; Chartism; Great Britain; Publishing; Underground press
Description: "Between 1837 and 1859, Chartists published over 120 newspapers and periodicals. Most Chartist newspapers were short-lived, some were more enduring, but all were testimony to the fact that an energetic, propagandist press was of crucial importance to the first great working-class movement in the world." "Papers for the People provides stimulating new perspectives on the Chartist press and offers a rigorous analysis of the role of print and print culture in the Chartist movement from its early beginnings to its more diverse manifestation in the late 1850s. Located within the broader context of developments in nineteenth-century British journalism, the essays afford a comprehensive chronological and geographical appraisal of Chartist press activity. While existing work has concentrated only on England and Scotland this volume also includes studies of the press in Wales, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Some of the chapters are expressly revisionist; others are pioneering and innovative."--BOOK JACKET.