03614nam 2200661 a 450 991081446990332120200520144314.01-136-88558-71-283-10549-797866131054930-203-83957-9(CKB)2670000000082294(EBL)614780(OCoLC)720351618(SSID)ssj0000637854(PQKBManifestationID)11432591(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637854(PQKBWorkID)10708075(PQKB)10031598(Au-PeEL)EBL614780(CaPaEBR)ebr10462511(CaONFJC)MIL310549(MiAaPQ)EBC614780(PPN)198455100(EXLCZ)99267000000008229420110503e20111924 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe life of William Cobbett[electronic resource] /G.D.H. ColeLondon Routledge20111 online resource (322 p.)G.D.H. Cole : selected works ;v. 5Reprint. Originally published: London : W. Collins Sons & Co., 1924.1-138-56446-X 0-415-59834-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: THE TIMES; CHAPTER II: BOYHOOD AND YOUTH; CHAPTER III: LIFE IN THE ARMY; CHAPTER IV: THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND; CHAPTER V: PETER PORCUPINE IN AMERICA; CHAPTER VI: ENTRY INTO ENGLISH POLITICS; CHAPTER VII: "THE POLITICAL REGISTER"-PARTY CHANGES-THE "PITT" SYSTEM-THE PASSING OF ANTI-JACOBINISM; CHAPTER VIII: FARNHAM RE-VISITED-LIFE AT BOTLEY-COBBETT AS EMPLOYER-HE TAKES UP THE LABOURERS' CASE; CHAPTER IX: COBBETT JOINS THE RADICALS; CHAPTER X: THE CHANGE IN COBBETT'S OPINIONS-"PERISH COMMERCE!"CHAPTER XI: PROSECUTION AND SENTENCECHAPTER XII: IN NEWGATE-THE LUDDITES; CHAPTER XIII: THE FALL OF NAPOLEON-RELIGIOUS OPINIONS-THE CORN LAWS; CHAPTER XIV: THE FRUITS OF VICTORY; CHAPTER XV: TWO YEARS' RESIDENCE IN AMERICA; CHAPTER XVI: THE SIX ACTS-QUEEN CAROLINE; CHAPTER XVII: FACTORY SLAVERY-COBBETT AND THE TRADE UNIONS; CHAPTER XVIII: GRAMMAR AND HUSBANDRY; CHAPTER XIX: CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION-THE PRESTON ELECTION; CHAPTER XX: ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN; CHAPTER XXI: RURAL RIDES; CHAPTER XXII: THE REFORM MOVEMENT-THE LABOURERS' REVOLT; CHAPTER XXIII: THE REFORM ACTCHAPTER XXIV: THE REFORMED PARLIAMENT-"THE TRADES UNION"CHAPTER XXV: THE POOR LAW STRUGGLE; CHAPTER XXVI: A TOUR IN IRELAND-THE END; FOUR POSTSCRIPTS; A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COBBETT'S WRITINGS; A NOTE ON BOOKS VALUABLE FOR THE STUDY OF COBBETT'S TIMES; BIOGRAPHIES; INDEXThis volume is representative of the historical works of a particular period (1923-29) when there was a hiatus in the output of Cole the theoretician. It is an extraordinary contribution to labour history and is among the finest of his historical works. Routledge Library EditionsPoliticiansGreat BritainBiographyJournalistsGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainPolitics and government1789-1820PoliticiansJournalists941.073092Cole G. D. H(George Douglas Howard),1889-1959.122296MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814469903321The life of William Cobbett3999368UNINA