Jon Lawrence

Speaking for the People

Party, Language and Popular Politics in England, 1867 1914

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Produktbeschreibung

A 1998 study of British political culture and the popular appeal of Liberal, Tory, and Labour politics, from 1867 to 1914.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 647g
• ISBN-13: 9780521470346
• ISBN-10: 052147034X
• Artikelnr.: 29337843

Autorenporträt

Jon Lawrence is an author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, musician and educator from South Wales, now living in Norfolk, UK. He has published a number of books and released numerous albums in a variety of different genres. He works with children around eastern England where he is fondly referred to as The Music Man.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Rethinking Popular Politics: 1. From the rise of 'demos' to the rise of 'class'
2. Working-class homogeneity reconsidered
3. Relocating popular politics
Part II. A Local Study: Wolverhampton, c.1860-1914: 4. Liberal hegemony and its critics
5. Popular Toryism and the origins of Labour politics
6. Labour and the working class, 1890-1914
Part III. Party Games, 1885-1914: 7. Popular politics and the limitations of party
8. The fall and the rise of popular Liberalism, 1886-1906
9. Labour roots, Labour voices, Labour myths
Conclusion
Bibliography.