‘The name of Roberts became a terror to the mineowners ... such
was the dread of this ‘lightning attorney general’, who seemed
to be everywhere at once’ - Friedrich EngeIs, The Condition of
the Working Classes. W. P Roberts (1806-1871) was a founder and
leading member of the Chartist movement. He was the first lawyer to
campaign on behalf of labour, and to use the judicial system to
defend workers’ rights. His efforts on behalf of the miners
earned him the title ‘the miners’ attorney’. In the 1840s and
1850s his fame throughout the north of England made him the subject
of popular ballads. Though he was never a socialist, he acted as
solicitor to Marx and Engels. In addition to providing a splendid
portrait of W. P Roberts, this book casts new light on the position
of working people in Victorian society, on the development of trade
unions, on Chartism and the co-operative movement, and on
industrial law. It deals in detail with the Victorian
authorities’ extraordinary efforts to control social unrest - the
use of agents provocateurs, police informers, and manipulation of
the judicial process. It also covers the beginnings of Irish
terrorism in the Manchester Martyrs and Clerkenwell Explosion
cases, as well as the creation of a legal framework to deal with
it.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Raymond Challinor
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
311 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-18655-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-350-18655-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781350186552 |
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