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The Dignity of Chartism
Dorothy Thompson
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Description for The Dignity of Chartism
Hardcover. Editor(s): Roberts, Stephen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JPH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
This is the first collection of essays on Chartism by leading social historian Dorothy Thompson, whose work radically transformed the way in which Chartism is understood. Reclaiming Chartism as a fully-blown working-class movement, Thompson intertwines her penetrating analyses of class with ground-breaking research uncovering the role played by women in the movement.
Throughout her essays, Thompson strikes a delicate balance between down-to-the-ground accounts of local uprisings, snappy portraits of high-profile Chartist figures as well as rank-and-file men and women, and more theoretical, polemical interventions.
Of particular historical and political significance is the previously unpublished substantial essay co-authored by ... Read more
This is the first collection of essays on Chartism by leading social historian Dorothy Thompson, whose work radically transformed the way in which Chartism is understood. Reclaiming Chartism as a fully-blown working-class movement, Thompson intertwines her penetrating analyses of class with ground-breaking research uncovering the role played by women in the movement.
Throughout her essays, Thompson strikes a delicate balance between down-to-the-ground accounts of local uprisings, snappy portraits of high-profile Chartist figures as well as rank-and-file men and women, and more theoretical, polemical interventions.
Of particular historical and political significance is the previously unpublished substantial essay co-authored by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verso
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781688489
SKU
V9781781688489
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About Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson (1923-2011) was a social historian, a leading expert on the Chartist movement, including The Chartists, Outsiders: Class, Gender and Nation and Queen Victoria. Stephen Roberts is historian of Victorian Britain, with a particular interest in Chartism. He has written or edited a number of well-known books on this subject. He was taught, as both an undergraduate and ... Read more
Reviews for The Dignity of Chartism
“Ever alert, Dorothy Thompson probed beneath the outer surface of evidence. The results were innovatory. Her work brought to life the intense and dangerous interior world of working class meetings, conventions and newspapers.” —Sheila Rowbotham, Guardian “Dorothy Thompson is Chartism’s pre-eminent historian. She writes in a careful, passionate, and welcoming style giving pride of place to ... Read more