The Chartist Movement in Britain 1838-1850 [Hardcover]

Gregory Claeys (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1999

Containing over 100 pamphlets, this edition provides a resource for the study of Chartism, covering the main areas of Chartist activity, including agitation for the Charter itself, the Land Plan, the issue of moral versus physical force, trade unionism, socialism and co-operation, the involvement of women in the movement, internationalism, religion and the churches, the Anti-Corn Law League, and the Complete Suffrage League. The first half of the 19th century saw a fierce agitation for radical reform in manufacturing areas of Britain, and from the early 1830s the Chartist movement aimed by means of political reform to improve the economic and social conditions of the industrial working classes. Their six-point "People's Charter", a document in the form of an Act of Parliament drafted by Francis Place, called for Universal (male) Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Annually Elected Parliaments, Payment for Members of Parliament, Abolition of the Property Qualification and Equal Electoral Districts.

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'Few scholars can match Claeys's ability to render 19th-century radicalism and socialism coherent' London Review of Books

About the Author

Editor Gregory Claeys is at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London. His publications include (ed). The Selected Works of Robert Owen (Pickering & Chatto, 1993), Political Writings of the 1790s (Pickering & Chatto 1995); Modern British Utopias (Pickering & Chatto 1997) Contributing libraries The Central Library, Manchester; Houghton Library, Harvard University; Columbia University Library; the New York Public Library; The British Library; Brown University Library; Central Library, Norwich; Staffordshire County Library; Northamptonshire County Record Office; Bolton Metropolitan Library; Central Library, Dundee; County Library, Dorchester; Bath Central Library; Cincinnati Public Library; Fife Council Libraries; Central Library, Plymouth; Carnegie Library, Ayr; Central Library, Aberdeen; Kidderminster Library; Central Library, Birmingham; County Library, Newtown; Local Studies Library, Sheffield; Central Library, Liverpool; Huddersfield Library; Central Library, Bradford; Central Library, Nottingham; Leicestershire Record Office; The Mitchell Library, Glasgow; Sunderland City Library; Bristol Central Library; Central Library, Kingston upon Hull; City Library, Southampton; Below Central Library, Wakefield; Swansea City Library; Cirencester Bingham Library; Central Library, Oxford; Central Library, Northampton; Stourbridge Library; Local Studies Library, Brighton; Derby Local Studies Library, Divisional Central Library, Burnley; Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Office; Local Studies Library, Oldham; Carmathen Library; The Sussex Archaeological Society; Central Library, Coventry; Kilmarnock Library; Central Library, Newport (at John Frost Square); Trowbridge Library; Central Library, Doncaster; Bury Library; Irish and Local Studies Library, Belfast; Frome Library; Central Library, Gateshead; Shropshire County Council; Carlisle Library; Local Studies Library, Cheltenham; Chelmsford Central Library; Reading Central Library; County Branch Library, Owestry; East Sussex Record Office, Lewes; Local Studies Library, Rochdale; Ipswich Record Office; Worcester City Library; Stoke Library; Barnsley Central Library; Tameside Local Studies Library; Calderdale Library; Alloa Library; Bedford Central Library; Tavistock Library; Central Library, Stockport; Local Studies Library, Nuneaton; Kettering Library; Banbury Library; Leicester Library.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2940 pages
• Publisher: Pickering & Chatto Ltd (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851963308
• ISBN-13: 978-1851963300
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9.2 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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