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The 'Natural Leaders' and their World - Politics, Culture and Society in Belfast, c. 1801-1832 (Paperback)
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The 'Natural Leaders' and their World - Politics, Culture and Society in Belfast, c. 1801-1832 (Paperback)
Series: Reappraisals in Irish History, 1
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This book is a richly detailed exploration of the complex and
cosmopolitan urban culture inhabited by the Presbyterian elite of
late-Georgian Belfast, which will prove to be of interest to a wide
range of scholars working on the political, cultural and
intellectual histories of both Ireland and Britain during the age
of reform. Employing both biographical and thematic approaches, the
book begins by examining the story of the Tennents, one of the most
prominent Presbyterian families in early-nineteenth-century
Belfast, before turning to reconstruct their milieu. Challenging
existing narratives, the study provides a major re-assessment of
the political life of late-Georgian Belfast, highlighting the
activities of a close-knit group of advanced reformer - the
'natural leaders' of the books title - who sought to promote the
cause of reform and engage with British and European political
events. In addition, the book contains the first serious scholarly
examination of the cultural and intellectual life of the town in
the early-nineteenth century, and the first major treatment of the
middle classes' philanthropic activities. The interplay of politics
and culture is discussed, as is the accuracy of Belfast's
reputation as the 'Athens of the North' and the religious
underpinnings of the town's charitable societies. In examining
these areas, attention is paid to the influence of trends such as
romanticism and evangelicalism and of writers such as Lord Byron,
Walter Scott, Robert Owen and Thomas Chalmers, and it is argued
that, both culturally and politically, the Presbyterian middle
classes of Belfast inhabited a British world.
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