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Informationen zum Autor Tom Scriven is Hallsworth Research Fellow at the University of Manchester Klappentext A major study into the changes in moral politics and culture of working-class Radicalism during a crucial period of modern British history. Zusammenfassung A major study into the changes in moral politics and culture of working-class Radicalism during a crucial period of modern British history. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 A 'Radical Underworld'? The infidel roots of Chartist culture2 Politics and everyday life in early Chartism3 From insurrection to the 'little republic of the home'4 Medicine, popular science, and Chartism's improvement culture5 Communal self-improvement after the 'disasters of the Strike'6 The fragmented legacies of Chartist moral politicsConclusionIndex

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Tom Scriven is Hallsworth Research Fellow at the University of Manchester

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A major study into the changes in moral politics and culture of working-class Radicalism during a crucial period of modern British history.

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Introduction 1 A 'Radical Underworld'? The infidel roots of Chartist culture 2 Politics and everyday life in early Chartism 3 From insurrection to the 'little republic of the home' 4 Medicine, popular science, and Chartism's improvement culture 5 Communal self-improvement after the 'disasters of the Strike' 6 The fragmented legacies of Chartist moral politics Conclusion Index