A radical history of Britain : visionaries, rebels and revolutionaries - the men and women who fought for our freedoms /: visionaries, rebels and revolutionaries - the men and women who fought for our freedoms. ([2013?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Edward Vallance.
• Other Names: Vallance, Edward, 1975-
• Contents: Introduction. The First British Radical, Alfred the Great -- pt. 1. The Talisman of Liberty -- 1. The Great Charter -- pt. 2. When Adam Delved and Even Span -- 2. The Peasants' Revolt -- 3. Jack Cade's Rebellion -- 4. The 'Commotion Time' -- pt. 3. 'The Poorest He ... The Greatest He': Radicalism in the English Revolution -- 5. The Roots of Civil War Radicalism: The Revolution before the Revolution -- 6. All Commanded and Yet Were under Command' -- 7. The Earth a Common Treasury -- pt. 4. The Age of Paine: British Radicals and the French Revolution -- 8. Wilkes, Paine, and 'Liberty Restored' -- 9. The Rights of Man, The Rights of Woman, and Political Justice -- 10. The Reign of Terror -- pt. 5. The Mask of Anarchy: Radicalism from Waterloo to the Great Reform Act -- 11. A Rope of Sand -- 12. King Ludd -- 13. Peterloo -- 14. The Cato Street Conspiracy and the Battle for Reform -- pt. 6. A Knife-and-Fork Question? The Rise and Fall of Chartism -- 15. The Tolpuddle Martyrs and the People's Charter -- 16. The Newport Rising -- Chartism Reinvigorated -- 17. The Land Plan, O'Connor and the Legacy of Chartism -- pt. 7. The Bloodless Revolution -- 18. The Pankhursts, the Suffrage Movement and Socialism -- 19. Deeds Not Words -- 20. 'It is No Longer a Movement, It Is a Whirlwind' -- 21. The Spectacular Pageant Draws to a Close -- 22. The Fight against Fascism.
• Publisher Details: London : Quercus
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 323.440941; Libertarianism -- Great Britain -- History; Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History; Revolutionaries -- Great Britain -- History; Radicalisme -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire; Révolutionnaires -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire; Libertarianism; Politics and government; Radicalism; Revolutionaries; Radikalismus; Great Britain -- Politics and government; Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvernement; Great Britain; Großbritannien; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781405527774; 1405527773
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.