ABSTRACT

First published in 1916, Professor Rosenblatt's The Chartist Movement was the first serious study of Chartism, using the techniques of modern scholarship, to appear in English. The book comprises a detailed account of the history of the movement, dealing mainly with the period from 1837 until the Chartist riots at Newport, South Wales, in November 1839.

As well as describing the political, industrial and social conditions that gave birth to the Chartist movement, this work contains extremely useful statistical tables of the 543 persons who were convicted for offences committed in the furtherance of Chartism between January 1839 and June 1840.

chapter Chapter I|13 pages

Prototypes of Chartism

chapter Chapter II|13 pages

The Whig Rule

chapter Chapter IIΙ|12 pages

The New Poor Law

chapter Chapter IV|11 pages

The Universal Distress

chapter Chapter V|14 pages

Labor Legislation and Trade Unionism

chapter Chapter VI|14 pages

The People’s Charter

chapter Chapter VII|24 pages

The Leaders

chapter Chapter VIII|16 pages

The Gospel of Revolt

chapter Chapter IX|16 pages

The People

chapter Chapter X|22 pages

The Petition, the Convention and the Government

chapter Chapter XI|16 pages

The Wrestling Forces

chapter Chapter XII|17 pages

The Newport Riot