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The Condition of England Question

Carlyle, Mill, Engels

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Michael Levin

    1. Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Condition of England

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 6-32

  4. Thomas Carlyle: France and England

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 33-57

  5. Thomas Carlyle: from Compassion to Despotism

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 58-73

  6. John Stuart Mill

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 74-96

  7. Mill in 1848

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 97-119

  8. Friedrich Engels: to England

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 120-136

  9. Friedrich Engels: Workers and Revolution

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 137-156

  10. Conclusion

    • Michael Levin
    Pages 157-172

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 173-194
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The book views the 'hungry forties' through the writings of the conservative Thomas Carlyle, the liberal John Stuart Mill and the socialist Friedrich Engels. It is unsurprising that one of the most fraught decades of modern British history produced socio-political literature of such interest and intensity. The rapid growth of industrial cities, the emergence of working-class organizations and rising middle class power as well as revolutions abroad in 1848 made this a tumultuous time. These writers provide extensive, diverse and high quality reflections on the tensions produced in this key period of transition to an industrial, democratic society.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK

    Michael Levin

About the author

MICHAEL LEVIN is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmith's college, University of London. He has previously taught at the universities of Leicester (1965-6), Leeds (1996-7) and Wales (1967-78). He has Twice been visiting Professor in Sociology at San Diego State University (1987-1990). he is the Author of Marx, Engels and Liberal Democracy (Macmillan, 1989) and The Spectre of democracy: The Rise of Modern Democracy as seen by its critics. (Macmillan, 1992).

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