| Description |
xxxvii, 327 pages : frontispiece portrait ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Half-title: Publications of the University of Manchester. Historical series. no. XXXI |
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Victoria University of Manchester. Publications ; CXVI |
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Publications of the University of Manchester ; CXVI
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Half-title: Publications of the University of Manchester. Historical series. no. XXXI
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| Contents |
The charter and its origin -- The industrial revolution and its consequences -- The rise of anti-capitalist economics and social revolutionary theory -- The London working men's association and the people's charter (1836-1839) -- The agitation against the new poor law (1834-1838) -- The revival of the Birmingham political union (1837-1838) -- The People's parliament (1838-1839) -- The government prepares for action (1839) -- The convention at Birmingham (1839) -- The petition in the commons : end of the convention (1839) -- Sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion (1839-1840) -- The chartist revival (1840-1841) -- Chartism versus free trade (1842-1844) -- O'Connorism (1841-1842) -- False doctrine, heresy, and schism (1841-1842) -- O'Connor's breach with Lovett (1841) -- The elimination of O'Brien (1841-1842) -- The complete suffrage movement (1842) -- The national petition of 1842 -- The decline of chartism (1842-1853) -- The plug plot and its consequences (1842-1843) -- O'Connor's land scheme and the chartist revival (1842-1847) -- Chartism and the revolution of 1848 -- The last stages of chartism (1849-1858) -- The place of chartism in history |
| Analysis |
Chartism |
| Notes |
On verso of t.-p.: Publications of the University of Manchester. no. CXVI |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography reference and index |
| Subject |
Chartism.
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| Author |
Tout, T. F. (Thomas Frederick), 1855-1929.
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| LC no. |
18013487 |
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