Chartism : a new history / Malcolm Chase.

Chartism, the mass movement for democratic rights, dominated British domestic politics in the late 1830s and 1840s. It mobilised over three million supporters at its height. Few modern European social movements, certainly in Britain, have captured the attention of posterity to quite the extent it ha...

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Main Author: Chase, Malcolm
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.
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Summary:Chartism, the mass movement for democratic rights, dominated British domestic politics in the late 1830s and 1840s. It mobilised over three million supporters at its height. Few modern European social movements, certainly in Britain, have captured the attention of posterity to quite the extent it has done. Encompassing moments of great drama, it is one of the very rare points in British history where it is legitimate to speculate how close the country came to revolution. It is also pivotal to debates around continuity and change in Victorian Britain, gender, language and identity. Chartism: A.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 421 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-405) and index.
ISBN:9781847791368
1847791360
0719060869
9780719060861
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
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