| London Politics, 1760-1914 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Cragoe, M. (Editor), Taylor, A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 140399000X ISBN-13: 9781403990006 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: This collection of essays deals with the political life of London, supplying a radical new focus for the interpretation of nineteenth-century British political history. Ranging across Whiggery, popular Radicalism, Toryism, Freethought, working-class politics, and Imperialism, it brings together the worlds of high politics and low in a century when successive reforms of parliament constantly changed the relationship between the two. Examining the interactions between Conservatives, radicals, and liberals, it seeks to establish the rhythms of metropolitan political agitation, unearth the peculiar culture of electoral activity there, and demonstrate the unique dimension revealed by a capital-centered approach to nineteenth century politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 306.07 |
| LCCN: 2005049203 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 263 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection offers the first detailed investigation of political life in nineteenth-century London. London politics did not share the free-trade and civil-equality preoccupations of the provinces which currently dominate scholarly literature. As these essays reveal, the capital remained more concerned with older struggles for political independence. By highlighting the inability of existing accounts to accommodate metropolitan distinctiveness, the collection aims to stimulate a major reappraisal not of London politics alone, but of Victorian political history more generally. |