Product Description

An examination of Chartist democracy viewed 'from below' Considers which groups were more and less vocal in the movement, how political identity intertwined with craft, ethnicity, gender and class. Questions myths, memories, and identities and will appeal to students of history, sociology and culture Challenges the approach of Gareth Stedman-Jones, Patrick Joyce and James Vernon This study explores the development and decline of Chartism as a coherent political identity between 1830 and 1860 and illustrates the creation of Chartist identity from the perspective of plebeian intellectuals and activists in Ashton-under-Lyne and other militant localities of Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #961141 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
"Hall's book provides both some stimulating new research and approaches and a useful but not overstated riposte to some of the revisionist approaches that have claimed that Chartism never amounted to anything much anyway." -"International Socialism Journal"

About the Author
Robert G Hall is an assistant professor of history at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Recent publications include 'Remembering Chartism' in The People's Charter, Ed S Roberts, Merlin Press and 'William Aitken: Chartist and Ten-Hour Day Advocate' in J M. Bellamy & J Saville, Eds., Dictionary of Labour Biography. Macmillan.