Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London : John Gast and his Times

ISBN-13: 9780415639101 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 418 str.

Iorwerth Prothero

Opis

A study of working-class movements in London between 1800 and the beginnings of Chartism in the later 1830s. Starting from the social ideals, outlook and the experience of the London artisan, Dr. Iorwerth Prothero describes trade union, political, co-operative, educational and intellectual movements in the first 40 years of the century.

Spis treści

Introduction;  Part I: Artisans in War and Peace  1. The Man from Deptford  2. The London Artisan  3. The Apprenticeship Campaign  4. The End of the Wars  Part II: Post-War Radical Politics  5. Gast the Radical  6. From Palace Yard to Cato Street  7. Queen Caroline  Part III: Artisans in Boom and Depression  8. The Thames Shipwrights’ Provident Union  9. The Combination Laws  10. The Trades’ Newspaper and Francis Place  11. The Trades in Depression  12. The Benefit Societies’ Campaign  13. Co-operation  Part IV: The Reform Crisis to Chartism  14. Reform  15. Trade Unionism and Radicalism  16. The Working Men’s Association  17. Into Chartism;  Conclusion;  Appendix: The Largest Trades;  Notes;  Bibliographical Note;  Index

O autorze

Iorwerth Prothero