Examines the personal, social, political, ideological, and tactical components of radicalism in Britain between the 1820s and 1860s, and casts new light on the meaning, nature, and reception of reform.
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introducing Independent Radicalism
Making and Mobilizing Opinion: The Westminster Review and
Reform
The Corn Laws and the Politics of Free Trade
Correcting the Chartists
Liberty for Europe
War and Peace
Empire
The End of Independent Radicalism
Index
MICHAEL J. TURNER is Reader in Modern British History at the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom. Previously he studied at the University of Oxford and served as a postgraduate fellow at the University of Rochester in New York. His main research interests relate to reform movements in 19th-century Britain, and he has published widely in this field. He was elected as fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998.
?[A]n intelligent and accessible interpretation of political
radicalism in nineteenth-century Britain.?-History
?This is a painstaking, comprehensive, and scholarly study of a
largely neglected figure in the history of early Victorian
radicalism that makes a significant contribution to our
understanding of the latter.?-American Historical Review
?Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783-1869) is simply a "reformer" to
most Victorianists, but Turner puts flesh on his subject and
unfolds the career of a remarkable, versatile man....One can only
marvel at Thompson's energy, independence of mind, and willingness
to challenge privilege and injustice--thus his "independent"
radicalism. The book is scholarly, clearly written, and provides a
window into early- and mid-Victorian politics. Highly recommended.
Upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice
"ÝA¨n intelligent and accessible interpretation of political
radicalism in nineteenth-century Britain."-History
"This is a painstaking, comprehensive, and scholarly study of a
largely neglected figure in the history of early Victorian
radicalism that makes a significant contribution to our
understanding of the latter."-American Historical Review
"[A]n intelligent and accessible interpretation of political
radicalism in nineteenth-century Britain."-History
"Thomas Perronet Thompson (1783-1869) is simply a "reformer" to
most Victorianists, but Turner puts flesh on his subject and
unfolds the career of a remarkable, versatile man....One can only
marvel at Thompson's energy, independence of mind, and willingness
to challenge privilege and injustice--thus his "independent"
radicalism. The book is scholarly, clearly written, and provides a
window into early- and mid-Victorian politics. Highly recommended.
Upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice
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