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Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. John Belchem

    1. Liverpool, England

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Part of the book series: Social History in Perspective (SHP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • John Belchem
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Eighteenth-Century Context: Civic Humanism, Commercial Liberalism and the Crowd

    • John Belchem
    Pages 9-15

  4. Radicalism, Revolution and War, 1790–1815

    • John Belchem
    Pages 16-36

  5. The Radical Mass Platform, 1815–20

    • John Belchem
    Pages 37-50

  6. Ideology, Public Opinion and Reform, 1820–35

    • John Belchem
    Pages 51-73

  7. Radicalism and Class, 1835–50

    • John Belchem
    Pages 74-101

  8. Radicalism, Liberalism and Reformism, 1850–75

    • John Belchem
    Pages 102-127

  9. Gladstone, Lib-Labism and New Liberalism

    • John Belchem
    Pages 128-146

  10. Labour’s Turning-point?

    • John Belchem
    Pages 147-165

  11. Liberals, Labour and the Progressive Alliance

    • John Belchem
    Pages 166-183

  12. Conclusion: The First World War and After

    • John Belchem
    Pages 184-188

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 189-222
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About this book

In offering a wide-ranging overview of radicalism throughout the 'long' nineteenth century, from the mid eighteenth century to the aftermath of the First World War, this study contests the methods and findings of recent revisionist interpretations.

Radical movements faced a more difficult task than other political formations since they sought not merely to construct an audience - to find a language which resonated with people's material needs and greivances - but to mobilise for change. Options were limited as radicals had to conform to rhetorical, organisational and cultural norms to ensure popular legitimacy and support. This volume pays particular attention therefore to contextual factors: to the changing codes and conventions of political culture and public space. Through critical engagement with revisionist and post-modernist interpretations, it throws new light on factors which often divided liberals from radicals, and indeed, radicals from themselves.

This is an accessible and much-needed introduction to the new linguistic and cultural approaches to nineteenth-century popular politics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Liverpool, England

    John Belchem

About the author

JOHN BELCHAM is Reader in History at the University of Liverpool. He is Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History and has published several books, including 'Orator' Hunt: Henry Hunt and English Working-Class Radicalism (1985); Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience, 1750-1900 (1990); Class, Party and the Political System in Britain, 1867-1914 (1990); and, as co-editor with Richard Price, A Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century World History (1994).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Popular Radicalism in Nineteenth-Century Britain

  • Authors: John Belchem

  • Series Title: Social History in Perspective

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24390-7

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-56574-2Due: 18 December 1995

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 222

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland

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