Matthew Roberts

Chartism, Commemoration and the Cult of the Radical Hero

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By drawing on new and exciting work in the fields of visual and material culture, cultures of heroism, memory and commemoration, critical heritage studies and the history of political thought, this book explores the complex cultural work that radical heroes were made to perform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780367784096
• ISBN-10: 0367784092
• Artikelnr.: 61212147

Autorenporträt

Matthew Roberts is Reader in Modern British History at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: Chartism and the Radical Tradition
1. Inventing the Radical Tradition
2. Unfurling the Radical Tradition: the Visual and Material Culture of
Chartism
3. History, Memory and the Rituals of Pantheonism
4. Using and Abusing the Radical Tradition
Part 2: The Cult of the Radical Hero/Villain
5. The Chartists and Mister Thomas Paine
6. Forging the Radical Tradition: Chartism, Currency and Cobbett
7. Richard Oastler and the Chartists
8. Daniel O'Connell, Chartism and the Atlantic World
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography
Index