Currents of Radicalism
Subtitle: Popular Radicalism, Organised Labour and Party Politics in Britain, 18501914
Contributors: Eugenio F. Biagini (Editor); Alastair J. Reid (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 28, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780521394550
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Political Process - Political Parties; Radicalism; Politics / Current Events; Politics and government; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Political parties; Europe - Great Britain - General; Western Europe - General; History / Great Britain; History-Europe - Great Britain - General; History-Western Europe - General; Political Science / Political Parties; Political parties--Great Britain--History; Political parties--Great Britain--History Pol; 1837-1901; Great Britain; History
First sentence: 'Those who were originally called radicals and afterwards reformers, are called Chartists' declared Thomas Duncombe before parliament in 1842, a description which if adapted for a later period would provide an apt quotation to set the theme for this collection of essays: 'those who were originally called Chartists, were afterwards called Liberal and Labour activists'.