Speaking for the people : party, language and popular politics in England, 1867-1914

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Label

Speaking for the people : party, language and popular politics in England, 1867-1914

Title remainder

party, language and popular politics in England, 1867-1914

Statement of responsibility

Jon Lawrence

Creator

• Lawrence, Jon, 1961-

Subject

• Arbeidersklasse
• Culture populaire -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
• Electronic books
• English language -- Political aspects
• English language -- Political aspects -- Great Britain
• Geschichte (1867-1914)
• Geschichte 1867-1914
• Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1837-1901
• Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1901-1936
• Great Britain
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936
• Großbritannien
• History
• Langage politique
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | Elections
• 1837-1936
• Partei
• Partei
• Partis politiques -- Langage -- Grande-Bretagne
• Political oratory
• Political oratory -- Great Britain
• Political parties
• Political parties -- Great Britain -- History
• Politics and government
• Politieke partijen
• Politik
• Popular culture
• Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History
• Éloquence politique -- Grande-Bretagne
• Öffentliche Meinung
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process | General

Genre

• History
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Speaking for the People, first published in 1998, draws our attention to the problematic nature of politicians' claims to represent others, and in doing so it challenges conventional ideas about both the rise of class politics, and the triumph of party between 1867 and 1914. The book emphasises the strongly gendered nature of party politics before the First World War, and suggests that historians have greatly underestimated the continuing importance of the 'politics of place'. Most importantly, however, Speaking for the People argues that we must break away from teleological notions such as the 'modernisation' of politics, the taming of the 'popular', or the rise of class. Only then will we understand the shifting currents of popular politics. Speaking for the People represents a major challenge to the ways in which historians and political scientists have studied the interaction between party politics and popular political cultures

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

324/.0941/09034

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

DA560

LC item number

.L29 1998eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography