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Working class radicalism in mid-Victorian England / by Trygve Tholfsen.

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Originally published in 1976, Working Class Radicalism in Mid-Victorian England examines working-class radicalism in the mid-Victorian period and suggests that after the fading of Chartist militancy the radical tradition was preserved in a working-class subculture that enabled working men to resist...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Tholfsen, Trygve R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:Routledge revivals.
Subjects:
Working class > Political activity > England > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Radicalism > England > History > 19th century.
England > Social conditions > 19th century.
Radicalism.
Social conditions.
Working class > Political activity.
England.
Great Britain.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface Acknowledgements 1. Problems of Interpretation 2. The Genesis of Working-Class Radicalism 3. The Challenge of Working-Class Radicalism 4. The Mellowing of Middle-Class Liberalism, 1834-51 5. Mid-Victorian Urban Culture 6. Power and Status Relations 7. Middle Class Hegemony 8. The Working-Class Subculture 9. Trade Unions and Friendly Societies 10. Working-Class Radicalism and Parliamentary Reform Index.

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