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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
