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Radical Cultures and Local Identities
Editor: Krista Cowman and Ian Packer
Date Of Publication: Oct 2010
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-2386-9
Isbn: 1-4438-2386-4
This edited interdisciplinary collection draws together recent original work on the connections between radicalism and localism in a variety of international locations over the last two hundred years. The areas covered include the United Kingdom, North America, South Africa, the Caribbean, Germany, Italy and Spain. The book questions whether certain political issues have more impact at a local level and whether common radical responses can be discerned across space and time. The contributors’ essays also consider to what extent the local offers a space in which new political possibilities can be explored, and especially the extent to which radical participation from groups who are under-represented in many national campaigns appears more easily available at the local level. Finally, the essays in the collection examine the distinctiveness of local political radicalism. This involves looking at the activities of communal organizations and political parties that defined themselves against nationally-situated sites of power, but also at how the many cultural manifestations of radicalism, such as music, theatre and art, were shaped distinctively at local level and how radical ideas were spread across wider areas from local bases.
Krista Cowman is Professor of History at the University of Lincoln, UK. Her publications on women’s suffrage and feminism include Mrs Brown is a Man and a Brother! Women in Merseyside’s Political Organisations, 1890–1920 (2004) and Women of the Right Spirit! Paid Organizers in the Women’s Social and Political Union, 1904–18 (2007).
Ian Packer is Reader in History at the University of Lincoln, UK. His publications on late nineteenth and early twentieth-century British political history include Lloyd George, Liberalism and the Land: the Land Issue and Party Politics in England, 1906–1914 (2001) and Liberal Government and Politics, 1905–1915 (2006).
“This imaginative selection of essays seeks to use local history to shed new light on the nature of radical activities, defined as movements beyond the margins of the political and cultural mainstream. Such radical expressions tend to be local rather than national, which makes this approach especially welcome. The twelve detailed essays, ranging across and beyond Britain, truly provide multum in parvo as they combine crisply focused local studies with more general insights into the nature and impact of radical politics and cultures on their wider societies.”
—Edward Royle, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of York “I am delighted to be able provide a strong endorsement for this exciting, timely and relevant edited collection. The book emerges from a highly-successful and important conference held at Lincoln University a couple of years ago. The conference attracted a wide range of established and younger scholars and this blend is amply demonstrated in the current collection.” —Donald M. MacRaild, Professor of History at the University of Northumbria
Price Uk Gbp: 39.99
Price Us Usd: 59.99
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