Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The Politics of English Jacobinism : Writings of John Thelwall, Paperback / softback Book

The Politics of English Jacobinism : Writings of John Thelwall Paperback / softback

Edited by Gregory (University of London) Claeys

Paperback / softback

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks

Description

After Thomas Paine fled to France in 1792, John Thelwall was the most important leader of working-class radicalism in Britain.

According to one observer, he was "one of the boldest political writers, speakers, and lecturers of his time." But his contribution to social and political thought has been underappreciated by modern historians of political thought.

In this volume, Gregory Claeys attempts to restore Thelwall to his rightful place by reproducing for the first time his major political writings: The Natural and Constitutional Rights of Britons, the Tribune writings, Sober Reflections on the Seditious and Inflammatory Letter of the Rt.

Hon. Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, and The Rights of Nature, Against the Usurpations of Establishments.

These works tell us much about the 1790s reform movement in Britain.

They also show the innovation of Thelwall's thought, which began to move in directions quite dissimilar from his better-known compatriots like Paine.

Thelwall's emphasis on the poor and the means by which the working classes received a just reward for their labor were to be central themes in the radical movement of the following century.

Information

Save 5%

£39.95

£37.59

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information