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"Orator" Hunt : Henry Hunt and English working-class radicalism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Belchem, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1985.
Subjects:
Hunt, Henry, > 1773-1835.
Politicians > Great Britain > Biography.
Radicals > Great Britain > Biography.
Orators > Great Britain > Biography.
Working class > Political activity > England > History > 19th century.
Radicalism > England > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1800-1837.
Hommes politiques > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Radicaux (Politique) > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Orateurs > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Travailleurs > Activité politique > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Radicalisme > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1800-1837.
Hunt, Henry, > 1773-1835
Orators.
Politics and government
Politicians.
Radicalism.
Radicals.
Working class > Political activity.
England.
Great Britain.
Politici.
Radicalisme.
Radicalism > Great Britain > History.
1800-1899
Great Britain > Radicalism > Hunt, Henry - Biographies
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • I. The making of a radical. 1. Gentleman farmer
  • 2. Loyalist
  • 3. "Bristol" Hunt and the politics of independence and reform. i The Melville affair and the Ministry of all the talents
  • ii. The Bristol election of 1807
  • iii. The revival of reform
  • iv. The Bristol election of 1812
  • II. The establishment of the mass platform. 1. Hunt and the moderate reformers
  • 2. Hunt and the "revolutionary party"
  • 3. Spa fields
  • III. Repression, risings, and reform, 1817-1818. 1. Repression
  • 2. Westminster elections, 1818 and 1819
  • 3. The beginning of mobilization
  • IV. The radical mobilization of 1819. 1. The people's champion
  • 2. National union
  • 3. Peterloo, the courts, and public opinion
  • 4. Peterloo and forcible intimidation
  • V. The revision of radicalism. 1. The "captive of Ilchester"
  • 2. Hunt and the Great Northern Union
  • 3. Carlile and radical counter-culture
  • 4. Cobbett's desertion
  • 5. Liberation
  • VI. Reform in the 1820s. 1. Radical businessman
  • 2. Country politics
  • 3. City politics
  • 4. Popular Westminster
  • 5. Radical organization. i. Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty
  • ii. Radical Reform Association
  • iii. Metropolitan Political Union
  • VII. 1830 and the development of radicalism. 1. The early months
  • 2. The July Revolution and the revival of the platform
  • 3. The advent of the Whigs, "Captain Swing", and the Preston by-election
  • VIII. Hunt, working-class radicalism and the Reform Bill. 1. The "bill of bills"
  • 2. "Re-action" in the north
  • 3. The general election of 1831, the northern deputies, and radical opposition to the Bill
  • 4. The autumn crisis
  • 5. "The poor man's protector"
  • 6. The Days of May
  • 7. Defeat?
  • Conclusion.