Political movements in urban England, 1832-1914
By: Matthew Roberts.
Series: British history in perspective
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781403949110
Subjects: Political participation -- England -- History -- 19th century; Social movements -- England -- History -- 19th century; England -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Description: "A critical introduction to the mass political movements that came of age in urban England between the Great Reform Act of 1832 and the start of World War One. Roberts provides a guide to the new approaches to topics such as Chartism, parliamentary reform, Gladstonian Liberalism, popular Conservatism and the independent Labour movement."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Citizenship, the franchise and electoral culture; title: Radicalism in the age of the chartists; title: The culture and "failure" of radicalism; title: The making of mid-Victorian popular liberalism; title: Post-chartist radicalism and the (un)making of popular liberalism; title: Rethinking the "transformation" of popular conservatism; title: Defining and debating popular conservatism; title: The decline of liberalism and the rise of labour I : a narrative; title: The decline of liberalism and the rise of labour II : the debate; title: The modernization of popular politics.