Land reform and working-class experience in Britain and the United States, 1800-1862
By: Jamie L. Bronstein.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Land reform -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Land reform -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Working class -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Working class -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Right of property -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Right of property -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Description: By exploring in detail land reform movements in Britain and the United States, this book transcends traditional labor history and conceptions of class to deepen our understanding of the social, political, and economic history of both countries in the nineteenth century.

Focusing on the Chartist Land Company, the Potters' Joint-Stock Emigration Society, and the American National Reform movement, this study analyses the ideas that motivated workers to turn to land reform, the creation of working-class land reform cultures and identities among both men and women, and the international communication that enabled the formation of a transatlantic movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-365) and index.