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Radical locales

Abstract

This case study examines the ‘locale’ of north Manchester comprising of the Ancoats, New Cross and St. George’s districts, between 1797 and 1840. It locates radical meeting sites and residences to demonstrate the continuity of radical activity in particular areas in successive political movements over generations. It argues that the distinctive socio-economic make-up of the locale, especially of mixed English and Irish immigrants and artisans, fostered such political activity.

Abstract

This case study examines the ‘locale’ of north Manchester comprising of the Ancoats, New Cross and St. George’s districts, between 1797 and 1840. It locates radical meeting sites and residences to demonstrate the continuity of radical activity in particular areas in successive political movements over generations. It argues that the distinctive socio-economic make-up of the locale, especially of mixed English and Irish immigrants and artisans, fostered such political activity.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of illustrations vii
  4. Preface xi
  5. Acknowledgements xv
  6. List of abbreviations xvii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Part I Spaces of exclusion, 1789–1830
  9. 1 Spaces of exclusion and intrusion in the 1790s 23
  10. 2 Defending the liberty to meet, 1795–1819 51
  11. 3 Peterloo and the changing definition of seditious assembly 82
  12. Vignette 1 106
  13. Part II Spaces of the body politic in the 1830s and 1840s
  14. Prelude 121
  15. 4 Embodied spaces and violent protest 130
  16. 5 Contesting new administrative geographies in the 1830s and 1840s 154
  17. Vignette 2 177
  18. 6 Constructing new spaces 189
  19. Part III Region, neighbourhood and the meaning of place
  20. 7 The liberty of the landscape 223
  21. 8 Rural resistance 251
  22. 9 Making Moscows, 1839–48 277
  23. Vignette 3 306
  24. Conclusion 311
  25. Select bibliography 315
  26. Index 324
Protest and the politics of space and place, 1789–1848
This chapter is in the book Protest and the politics of space and place, 1789–1848
https://doi.org/10.7765/9781784996895.00012

Chapters in this book

  1. Front matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of illustrations vii
  4. Preface xi
  5. Acknowledgements xv
  6. List of abbreviations xvii
  7. Introduction 1
  8. Part I Spaces of exclusion, 1789–1830
  9. 1 Spaces of exclusion and intrusion in the 1790s 23
  10. 2 Defending the liberty to meet, 1795–1819 51
  11. 3 Peterloo and the changing definition of seditious assembly 82
  12. Vignette 1 106
  13. Part II Spaces of the body politic in the 1830s and 1840s
  14. Prelude 121
  15. 4 Embodied spaces and violent protest 130
  16. 5 Contesting new administrative geographies in the 1830s and 1840s 154
  17. Vignette 2 177
  18. 6 Constructing new spaces 189
  19. Part III Region, neighbourhood and the meaning of place
  20. 7 The liberty of the landscape 223
  21. 8 Rural resistance 251
  22. 9 Making Moscows, 1839–48 277
  23. Vignette 3 306
  24. Conclusion 311
  25. Select bibliography 315
  26. Index 324
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