The Condition of England Question

The book views the 'hungry forties' through the writings of the conservative Thomas Carlyle, the liberal John Stuart Mill and the socialist Friedrich Engels. It is unsurprising that one of the most fraught decades of modern British history produced socio-political literature of such interest and intensity. The rapid growth of industrial cities, the emergence of working-class organizations and rising middle class power as well as revolutions abroad in 1848 made this a tumultuous time. These writers provide extensive, diverse and high quality reflections on the tensions produced in this key period of transition to an industrial, democratic society.

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MICHAEL LEVIN is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmith's college, University of London. He has previously taught at the universities of Leicester (1965-6), Leeds (1996-7) and Wales (1967-78). He has Twice been visiting Professor in Sociology at San Diego State University (1987-1990). he is the Author of Marx, Engels and Liberal Democracy (Macmillan, 1989) and The Spectre of democracy: The Rise of Modern Democracy as seen by its critics. (Macmillan, 1992).

Inhalt
Introduction `The Condition of England' Carlyle. France and England Carlyle. From Compassion to Despotism J.M. Mill Ireland Mill in 1848 Engels. To England Engels. Workers and Revolution To the Crystal Palace Chronology Notes Bibliography Index