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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lawrence, Jon, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.