Speaking for the People Party, Language and Popular Politics in England, 1867-1914

Name: Speaking for the People Party, Language and Popular Politics in England, 1867-1914
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ISBN: 9780521893664

ISBN-10: 0521893666

ISBN-13: 9780521893664

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jon Lawrence

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Speaking for the People 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 the strongly gendered nature of party politics before the First World War, and suggests that historians have greatly underestimated the continuing importance of the politics of place. Most importantly, however, Speaking for the People argues that we must break away from teleological notions such as the modernisation of politics, the taming of the popular, or the rise of class. Only then will we understand the shifting currents…

Book details

List price: $50.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/9/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations


Introduction



Rethinking Popular Politics



From the rise of 'demos' to the rise of 'class'



Working-class homogeneity reconsidered



Relocating popular politics



A Local Study: Wolverhampton, c.1860-1914



Liberal hegemony and its critics



Popular Toryism and the origins of Labour politics



Labour and the working class, 1890-1914



Party Games, 1885-1914



Popular politics and the limitations of party



The fall and the rise of popular Liberalism, 1886-1906



Labour roots, Labour voices, Labour myths


Conclusion


Bibliography