The culmination of a lifetime's work by the great journalist and
historian Paul Foot, The Vote tells the thrilling story of the
hard, long-fought struggle for the right to vote in Britain, and
the slow erosion that followed. In the tradition of "history from
below", Paul Foot examines the great democratic debates that
dominated the fight for electoral democracy. Taking readers from
the smoke-filled church of the Putney debates, to the dramatic
arguments between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke in the aftermath of
the French Revolution, to the rise of Chartism and the struggles
for votes for women. Throughout, Foot shows how vested interested
first delayed and then hobbled the progress of parliamentary
democracy. Concentrating on the vital role played by direct action,
he shows how rank-and-file resistance to ruling-class injustice was
followed by retreat into parliamentary impotence. Into the
twentieth-century, Foot exposes the gaps between the promises of a
succession of Labour governments and their actions once in power,
and its abandonment of any aspiration to economic democracy. A
gripping work of narrative history, written in Paul Foot's
inimitable energy and engaged style, this book is a classic work of
history, and a must-read for anyone interested in how today's
political scene was formed.
General
| Imprint: |
Verso Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2024 |
| Authors: |
Paul Foot
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
528 |
| Edition: |
New edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80429-469-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-80429-469-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781804294697 |
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