Culture, Politics, and National Identity in Wales 1832-1886

Cragoe's exploration of the mechanics of chapel power, and the institutional use of moral force to impose political discipline over voters, extending even to the exercise of collective forms of coercion and community surveillance, should, as he hopes, set an important new agenda for future research in the political history of Wales. Klappentext Culture, Politics and National Identity in Wales 1832-86 offers the first comprehensive account of politics in the principality between the first and third reform acts. Based on a wealth of previously unused sources in both English and Welsh, and grounded firmly in recent scholarship on electioneering elsewhere in Britain, Cragoe challenges the existing narrative of political history in the principality. There was more to politics in Victorian Wales, he suggests, than the current focus on nonconformity and radical liberalism after 1860 allows. Zusammenfassung Offers a comprehensive account of politics in Victorian Wales. Arguing for the importance of a range of political opinion beyond that distinctively radical Liberalism which dominates modern accounts, this book suggests that politics in nineteenth century Wales was more participatory and nationalistic than has been allowed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: The Lineaments of Politics, 1832-85 2: Elections in Wales, 1832-1886 3: Registration and Organization 4: Fighting Elections in Wales, 1832-85 5: The Problem of Landed Influence 6: The Problem of Preacher Influence: Chapel Politics, 1832-85 7: Politics, Propaganda and the Public 8: Parliamentary Politics, c. 1832-1886 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Matthew Cragoe, Matthew ( Cragoe, Matthew (Reader in Modern British History Cragoe
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2004
• EAN: 9780198207542
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820754-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Great Britain & Ireland; Great Britain & Ireland
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Wales, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, Politics & government, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Politics and government