Chartism and the Chartists in Manchester and Salford

In 1845 Frederick Engels wrote that 'Manchester is the seat of the most powerful unions, the central point of Chartism, the place which numbers the most Socialists'. There have been many local studies of the Chartist struggle for democratic political reform, but there is no major study of the movement in the Manchester-Salford conurbation, its most important provincial centre. This book brings an innovative approach to an exploration of aspects of the Chartist experience in the 'shock city' of the industrial revolution.

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PAUL A. PICKERING

Inhalt
List of Tables - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - PART 1: CHARTIST MANCHESTER AND SALFORD - 'The Old Immoral World': Working Class Manchester and Salford - 'A Wall of Brotherhood': The Reform Community - PART 2: A MOSAIC OF REFORM - Trades Unions and Politics - Municipal Chartism: Local Government in Manchester and Salford (1837-42) - The League, Cheap Bread and the Irish - New Moral Worlds: Co-operation, Owenism and Radical Christianity - Working Class Self-Help - PART 3: 'THE FUSTIAN JACKETS' - Prison, Poverty and Professional Politics: A Biographical Analysis of the Local Chartist Leadership - Class Without Words: Rank and File Communication in the Chartist Movement - Keeping the Faith - Conclusion - Appendix A: Local Chartist Portraits - Appendix B: Occupational Profile of the Chartist Movement - Appendix C: The Chartist Banners - Notes - Bibliographic Note - Index