Using the most scrutinized political place in modern Britain, .The Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster, 1780-1890. expands our understanding of political culture. To reveal how the most radical and contentious site in an age of oligarchy became the most conservative and tranquil in an age of democracy, the book utilizes the remarkable documentation generated by elections in 'the first constituency of the empire'. Ambitious in scope, encompassing personality, language, crowd behaviour, political space, ritual, associational culture and theanalysis of hundreds of political prints, the book engages with a number of the most significant trends in modern British historiography and related disciplines. By providing an alternative to previous understandings of democratization, while at the same time integrating sources from élite and popular political culture, Rise and Fall of Radical Westminster reveals the shift in London from popular radicalism to popular Conservatism, one of the most momentous developments in 19th-century British history. INDICE: List of Figures .List of Tables .Acknowledgements .Abbreviations .Commencement: The Boundaries of Politics .Stories: Whig, Radical, and Tory Westminster .Tribunes: The Personality of Democracy .Words: The Languages of Democracy .Crowds: The Decline of Disorder .Spaces: Civic, Public, Private and Social .Rituals: Performing Demotic Culture .Associations: From Actors to Audiences .Pictures: Democracy Imagined .Conclusion: The Workshop of Democracy .Appendix: Westminster Election Results, 1780-1891 .Bibliography .Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-34931-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido