Description
Book SynopsisThis challenging and imaginative book provides a unique narrative of nineteenth-century English political history. It traces the decline of the radical potential of England's popular libertarian political tradition with the invention of a 'liberal' constitution during the nineteenth century.
Table of ContentsList of plates; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: a new political history; Part I. Politics, Community and Power: 2. Power legislated: the structure of official politics; 3. Power imagined: the culture of official politics; 4. The medium and the message: power, print, and the public sphere; Part II. The Language of Organisation: 5. A language of party?; 6. Organisation as symbol; 7. The politics of culture; 8. The idol and the icon: leaders and their popular constituencies; Part III. Narratives of the Nation: 9. The nation and its people: the discourse of popular constitutionalism; 10. Conclusion: new narratives in the history of English politics?; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
