Political Movements in Urban England, 1832-1914

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.>

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Citizenship, the Franchise and Electoral Culture
Radicalism in the Age of the Chartists
The Culture and 'Failure' of Radicalism
The Making of Mid-Victoran Popular Liberalism
Post-Chartist Radicalism and the (Un)making of Popular Liberalism
Rethinking the 'Transformation' of Popular Conservatism
Defining and Debating Popular Conservatism
The Decline of Liberalism and the Rise of Labour I: A Narrative
The Decline of Liberalism and the Rise of Labour II: The Debate
The Modernization of Popular Politics
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

About the author

Matthew Roberts

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Roberts
• Assisted by: Jeremy Black (Editor), Matthew Roberts (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2008
• EAN: 9781403949110
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-4911-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: British History in Perspective; British History in Perspective
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History