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This is a biography of Major John Cartwright (1740–1824), the English advocate of radical reform who had considerable influence in shaping the mainstream of reform in England in the nineteenth century, and whose ideas lay behind the working-class Chartist Movement.

Table of Contents
1. Old England and the Free-Born Englishman; 2 The Emerging Radical; 3. The French Revolution and English Reform; 4. A Lost Opportunity: Cartwright and the Industrial Revolution; 5. The Reform Movement in London; 6. Founding the Hampden Clubs; 7. Radical Protest and Government Reaction; 8. The Peterloo Massacre and Cartwright's Arrest; 9. The Indefatigable Octogenarian; 10. Conclusion: The Father of Reform.

John Cartwright

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 10/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521088145, 978-0521088145
      ISBN10: 0521088143

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a biography of Major John Cartwright (1740–1824), the English advocate of radical reform who had considerable influence in shaping the mainstream of reform in England in the nineteenth century, and whose ideas lay behind the working-class Chartist Movement.

      Table of Contents
      1. Old England and the Free-Born Englishman; 2 The Emerging Radical; 3. The French Revolution and English Reform; 4. A Lost Opportunity: Cartwright and the Industrial Revolution; 5. The Reform Movement in London; 6. Founding the Hampden Clubs; 7. Radical Protest and Government Reaction; 8. The Peterloo Massacre and Cartwright's Arrest; 9. The Indefatigable Octogenarian; 10. Conclusion: The Father of Reform.

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