Speaking for the people : party, language and popular politics in England, 1867-1914 /

Speaking for the People, first published in 1998, draws our attention to the problematic nature of politicians' claims to represent others, and in doing so it challenges conventional ideas about both the rise of class politics, and the triumph of party between 1867 and 1914. The book emphasises...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lawrence, Jon, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
1837-1936
English language > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Political parties > Great Britain > History.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History.
Political oratory > Great Britain.
Éloquence politique > Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
English language > Political aspects.
Political oratory.
Political parties.
Politics and government
Popular culture.
Partei
Politik
Öffentliche Meinung
Politieke partijen.
Arbeidersklasse.
Langage politique.
Partis politiques > Langage > Grande-Bretagne.
Culture populaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Geschichte (1867-1914)
Geschichte 1867-1914.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1901-1936.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1837-1901.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1901-1936.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Rethinking popular politics. 1. From the rise of 'demos' to the 'rise of class'. 2. Working-class homogeneity reconsidered. 3. Relocating popular politics
  • pt. 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
  • pt. III. Party games, 1885-1914. 7. Popular politics and the limitations of party. 8. The fall and rise of popular Liberalism, 1886-1906. 9. Labour roots, Labour voices, Labour myths.

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