People's Charter

THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER
Democrats in the Early Victorian Age

Edited by Stephen Roberts

Hostile MPs, police spies, mass arrests, picked juries, jails that made prisoners ill and killed them- these were just some of the difficulties faced by working people who campaigned for the vote and some measure of equality before the law in the early Victorian period.

Much of the best scholarship on the Chartists has been published in scholarly journals and has therefore been unavailable to the general reader. This volume presents a selection of key essays.

The volume is introduced by the editor and is accompanied by a chronology. The glossary of historical references, and notes on further reading, make it easily accessible for the general reader.

Chartism is an option for a number of AS/A2 history courses, and teachers will find a selection of copyright free Chartist journalism which can be freely copied for use in schools.

228x152mm 280 pages