ABSTRACT

Reissuing the epic undertaking of Dr S. Maccoby, these volumes cover the story of English Radicalism from its origins right through to its questionable end. By combining new sources with the old and often long forgotten, the volumes provide an impressive history of radicalism and shed light on the course of English political development. The six volumes are arranged chronologically from 1762 through to the perceived end of British Radicalism in the mid-twentieth century.

chapter Chapter I|13 pages

“Advanced” Politics in 1853

chapter Chapter II|11 pages

The Crimean War, First Stage

chapter Chapter III|16 pages

Radical Agitation Grows Dangerous, 1855

chapter Chapter IV|16 pages

Palmerston Holds Radicalism in Check

chapter Chapter V|16 pages

Distractions from Reform, 1858–64

chapter Chapter VI|12 pages

The Reform League and the Reform Union

chapter Chapter VII|12 pages

How Parliamentary Reform was Carried, 1867–8

chapter Chapter VIII|26 pages

The Advance Of Labour

chapter Chapter IX|16 pages

Religion

chapter Chapter X|15 pages

Political “Advance” in 1869 and 1870

chapter Chapter XI|15 pages

Politics Grow More Agitated, 1870–1

chapter Chapter XII|15 pages

Decline and Fall of the Gladstone Government

chapter Chapter XIII|15 pages

Party Controversy, 1874-6

chapter Chapter XIV|14 pages

The Eastern Question, First Stage

chapter Chapter XV|13 pages

The Eastern Question, Beaconsfield’s Triumph

chapter Chapter XVI|17 pages

The Undermining of “Beaconsfieldism”

chapter Chapter XVII|16 pages

Ireland Delays “Progress,” 1880–1

chapter Chapter XVIII|16 pages

The Sessions of 1882 and 1883

chapter Chapter XIX|18 pages

The Struggle for Parliamentary Reform, 1884

chapter Chapter XX|19 pages

Approach of the General Election of 1885

chapter Chapter XXII|21 pages

Radicals and the Colonies, 1853–86

chapter Chapter XXIII|19 pages

Radicals and India

chapter Chapter XXIV|22 pages

Local Government