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1 online resource (xiii, 272 pages) : illustrations. |
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Series |
Cambridge Studies in Romanticism ; 112 |
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Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; 112.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-260) and index. |
Summary |
Jon Mee explores the popular democratic movement that emerged in the London of the 1790s in response to the French Revolution. Central to the movement's achievement was the creation of an idea of 'the people' brought into being through print and publicity. Radical clubs rose and fell in the face of the hostile attentions of government. They were sustained by a faith in the press as a form of 'print magic, ' but confidence in the liberating potential of the printing press was interwoven with hard-headed deliberations over how best to animate and represent the people. Ideas of disinterested rational debate were thrown into the mix with coruscating satire, rousing songs, and republican toasts. Print personality became a vital interface between readers and print exploited by the cast of radicals returned to history in vivid detail by Print, Publicity, and Popular Radicalism. |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
Introduction : The open theatre of the world? -- Part I : Publicity, print, and association. Popular radical print culture : 'the more public the better' -- The radical associations and 'the general will' -- Part II : Radical personalities. 'Once a squire and now a man' : Robert Merry and the pains of politics -- 'The ablest head, with the blackest heart' : Charles Pigott and the scandal of radicalism -- Citizen Lee at the 'Tree of liberty' -- John Thelwall and the 'whole will of the nation'. |
Local Note |
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Open Access Books |
Subject |
Mass media and public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Mass media and publicity -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Radicalism -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Politics and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Mass media and public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01011360
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Mass media and publicity. (OCoLC)fst01011362
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Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960
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Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
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Radicalism. (OCoLC)fst01087015
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Cover Title |
Print, publicity, and radicalism in the 1790s : the laurel of liberty |
Other Form: |
Print version: Mee, Jon. Print, publicity, and popular radicalism in the 1790s. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107133617 (DLC) 2016006099 (OCoLC)946142263 |
ISBN |
9781107133617 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1107133610 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781107590083 (paperback) |
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9781316459935 |
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1316459934 |
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