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1 online resource (439 pages) |
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Resituating Radicalism; 2. Social Movements and the Idea of Progress; 3. The Radicalism of Tradition: Community Strength or Venerable Disguise and Borrowed Language?; 4. The Public Sphere in the Field of Power; 5. The Reluctant Counterpublic (with Michael McQuarrie); 6. Class, Place, and Industrial Revolution; 7. Industrialization and Social Radicalism: British and French Workers' Movements and the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Crises; 8. Classical Social Theory and the French Revolution of 1848. |
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9. New Social Movements of the Early Nineteenth Century10. Progress for Whom?; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The story of the rise of radicalism in the early nineteenth century has often been simplified into a fable about progressive social change. The diverse social movements of the era--religious, political, regional, national, antislavery, and protemperance--are presented as mere strands in a unified tapestry of labor and democratic mobilization. Taking aim at this flawed view of radicalism as simply the extreme end of a single dimension of progress, Craig Calhoun emphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. The Roots of Radicalism reveals the. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Radicalism -- History -- 19th century.
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Radicalism. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Social movements -- History -- 19th century.
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Social movements. |
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Social change -- History -- 19th century.
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Social change. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Social movements. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Calhoun, Craig. Roots of Radicalism : Tradition, the Public Sphere, and Early Nineteenth-century Social Movements. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, ©2012 9780226090849 |
| ISBN |
9780226090870 (electronic book) |
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0226090876 (electronic book) |
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1280126000 |
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9781280126000 |
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9780226090849 (alkaline paper) |
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0226090841 (alkaline paper) |
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9780226090863 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226090868 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786613529862 |
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