Protest and the politics of space and place 1789-1848

Synopsis

This Book Examines The Rise Of Mass Movements For Democracy And Workers' Rights In Northern England. It Surveys Movements Throughout The Whole Period From The First Working-class Radical Societies In The 1790s To Trade Unions And Chartists In The 1840s. It Focuses On Protesters' Use Of Space And Defense Of Place--back Cover. Preface -- Introduction -- I. Spaces Of Exclusion, 1789-1830. Spaces Of Exclusion And Intrusion In The 1790s ; Defending The Liberty To Meet, 1795-1819 ; Peterloo And The Changing Definition Of Seditious Assembly -- Vignette 1: Radical Locales -- Ii. Spaces Of The Body Politic In The 1830s And 1840s. Prelude : The Reform Crisis, 1830-2 ; Embodied Spaces And Violent Protest ; Contesting New Administrative Geographies In The 1830s And 1840s -- Vignette 2 : Processions -- Constructing New Spaces -- Iii. Region, Neighbourhood And The Meaning Of Place. The Liberty Of The Landscape ; Rural Resistance ; Making Moscows, 1839-48 -- Vignette 3 : New Horizons In America -- Conclusion. Katrina Navickas. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 315-323) And Index.