Synopses & Reviews
Britain has a long tradition of radicalism, and this tradition has been the topic of much interest to and much debate among scholars. In a volume which honors one of the subject's most renowned and respected historians, Malcolm I. Thomis, a distinguished team of contributors present fresh and inspiring essays which focus on some of the events, people, and ideas which shaped the currents of radicalism in the turbulent years now appropriately described as the "age of romanticism and revolution."
Synopsis
Davis, a student of Malcolm I. Thomis and a postdoctoral fellow with the Australian Research Council, is joined by other Australian, British, and American scholars in presenting articles reflecting the "linguistic" trend in British political history, emphasizing the culture of radical enthusiasm. Topics covered include British sympathy with the American Revolution, popular radicalism in print culture, and the popular educational ideas of Thomas Hodgskin.
Description
Includes bibliographical references and index. "Malcolm I. Thomis: a bibliography": p. 228-229.
About the Author
Michael T. Davis is Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in History at the University of Queensland.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Personal Reflections on Malcolm Thomis--Michael T. Davis * British Sympathy with the American Revolution--H.T. Dickinson * The British Progressive Enlightenment and the French Revolution--Jack Fruchtman, Jr. * Reflections on Popular Radicalism and Print Culture in the 1790s--John Mee * The Pop-Gun Plot, 1794--Clive Emsley * John Thelwall's Political Ambivalence--Michael Scrivener * Paine, Constancio, and
The Age of Reason, 1794-97--Hélio Osvaldo Alves * The United Irishmen and the Politics of Banishment, 1798-1807--Michael Durey * Daniel Isaac Eaton, Prosecution, Punishment, and Recognition, 1793-1812--Michael T. Davis * John Lloyd and Aspects of Oath-taking in 1812--Bernadette Turner * The Circulation of William Hone's 1817 Liturgical Parodies--Kyle Grimes * Thomas Hodgskin and the London Mechanics' Institute, 1823-28--Gregory Claeys * "Rural War" and the Missing Revolution in Early 19th Century England--Ian Dyck Whiggery * America: Accommodating the Radical Threat--Paul Crook * Dickens,
Barnaby Rudge and Romantic Revolution--Iain McCalman
Introduction: Personal Reflections on Malcolm Thomis--Michael T. Davis * British Sympathy with the American Revolution--H.T. Dickinson * The British Progressive Enlightenment and the French Revolution--Jack Fruchtman, Jr. * Reflections on Popular Radicalism and Print Culture in the 1790s--John Mee * The Pop-Gun Plot, 1794--Clive Emsley * John Thelwall's Political Ambivalence--Michael Scrivener * Paine, Constancio, and The Age of Reason, 1794-97--Hélio Osvaldo Alves * The United Irishmen and the Politics of Banishment, 1798-1807--Michael Durey * Daniel Isaac Eaton, Prosecution, Punishment, and Recognition, 1793-1812--Michael T. Davis * John Lloyd and Aspects of Oath-taking in 1812--Bernadette Turner * The Circulation of William Hone's 1817 Liturgical Parodies--Kyle Grimes * Thomas Hodgskin and the London Mechanics' Institute, 1823-28--Gregory Claeys * "Rural War" and the Missing Revolution in Early 19th Century England--Ian Dyck Whiggery * America: Accommodating the Radical Threat--Paul Crook * Dickens, Barnaby Rudge and Romantic Revolution--Iain McCalman