Popular Radicalism

This well-argued and richly-detailed book concludes that the working-class radical movement was never able to prove a serious challenge to the stability of the British state; and, in fact, achieved very little in these years, except when operating in conjunction with the political movements and organizations of the middle class.

D. G. Wright

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Origins 1770-89; Chapter 3 Artisans and Jacobins 1789-1815; Chapter 4 Radicals and Reformers 1815-30; Chapter 5 Reform and Conflict 1830-8; Chapter 6 The Chartist Challenge 1838-48; Chapter 7 The Mid-Victorian Consensus 1850-80; Chapter 8 Conclusion;