Paul a Pickering

Unrespectable Radicals?

Popular Politics in the Age of Reform
Herausgeber: Davis, Michael T

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Produktbeschreibung

Based upon the diversity of McCalman's discoveries, this book presents different insights into the culture and operation of politics in the 'age of reform'. It explores the concepts and subjects pioneered by McCalman to present a focused and coherent review of popular politics.

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This book brings together an international team of experienced scholars to honour Iain McCalman for his contribution to the field of British studies and to further explore the concepts and subjects he pioneered. Each of the contributors has been invited to take part in this volume and has submitted an original essay on the assigned topic, ensuring that the entire volume presents a focused and coherent review of popular politics, from the meeting rooms of a reform society and the theatre stage, to the forum of the courtroom and the depths of prison.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780754656197
• ISBN-10: 0754656195
• Artikelnr.: 41243704

Autorenporträt

Michael T. Davis is Lecturer in Humanities at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Paul A. Pickering is Senior Fellow in the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword
Ian Donaldson; Preface
Michael T. Davis and Paul A. Pickering; Introduction: history as innovation: the work of Iain McCalman
Paul A. Pickering; Unrespectable and reluctant radical: Benjamin Franklin as a revolutionary
Jack Fruchtman Jr; The mob club? The London Corresponding Society and the politics of civility in the 1790s
Michael T. Davis; The Magician No Conjuror: Robert Merry and the political alchemy of the 1790s
Jon Mee; The theatre of crim.con.: Thomas Erskine
adultery and radical politics in the 1790s
Gillian Russell; Loyalty in an age of conspiracy: the oath-filled civil war in Ireland 1795-1799
Michael Durey; Horrid Sympathy
Jonathan Lamb; Class
gender and British elections
1794-1818
Anna Clark; The military committee and the united Irishmen
1798-1803
Ruan O'Donnell; The radical underworld goes colonial: P.F. McCallum's Travels in Trinidad
James Epstein; Islam on the romantic period stage: Hyder Ali
Tippoo Saib and beyond the captivity narrative
David Worrall; The 'she-champion of impiety': a case study of female radicalism
Christina Parolin; Betrayal and exile: a forgotten Chartist experience
Paul A. Pickering; Index.