1st Edition
The Emergence of Stability in the Industrial City Manchester, 1832–67
By Martin Hewitt
Copyright 1996
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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The rapid eclipse of Chartism, and the relative tranquility of the period 1848-67 has been one of the most enduring puzzles of nineteenth-century British history. This book takes a fresh look at this conundrum, treating the period between the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867 as a coherent whole for the first time. It suggests that previous depictions of 1848 as a watershed in British history have both... Read more
Introduction; Manchester: economic growth and social structure; The genesis of middle-class moral imperialism; The rejection of religion; The repudiation of useful knowledge; The resilience of unrespectable recreation; The continuities of working-class consciousness; The strategic contradictions of mid-nineteenth-century radicalism; The restraint of working class politics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Martin Hewitt
'...a model of historical method...he makes use of many hitherto unused or under-used sources...thoroughly readable and accessible....' English Historical Review 'Hewitt’s arguments need careful consideration not just by those interested in nineteenth-century Manchester but by those concerned with current debates about class and class relations and the significance of the ’linguistic turn’ for the practice of history.' Victorian Studies '...this rich, complicated, difficult book hides its simplicities beneath a formidable forensic intelligence. Scolar/Ashgate deserve congratulation for seeing the importance of its contribution as well as Hewitt for having made it.' The Historical Journal, 42.3 '...a well-researched and lucid monograph.' Urban History, Vol. 26, No. 3
