This book looks at Chartists from the grassroots. It abridges and builds on the two separate volumes-Chartism: Locations, Places and Spaces--dealing with Southern England and the Midlands and The North, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The focus is on how Chartism played out regionally and locally reinforcing the point that local priorities and political agendas did not always correspond with those put forward nationally and that, although the national leadership developed principles and policies and who passed through Chartist communities on their never-ending peregrinations, daily operational...
This book looks at Chartists from the grassroots. It abridges and builds on the two separate volumes-Chartism: Locations, Places and Spaces--dealing w...