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12/29/2003 Archived Entry: "Chartism"

So what is this CHARTISM? According to the Encyclopędia Britannica " ... a British working-class movement for parliamentary reform named after the People's Charter, a bill drafted by the London radical William Lovett in May 1838. It contained six demands: universal manhood suffrage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, annually elected Parliaments, payment of members of Parliament, and abolition of the property qualifications for membership. Chartism was the first movement both working-class in character and national in scope that grew out of the protest against the social injustices of the new industrial order in Britain." the movement faded but the objectives were achieved ... lots to learn from these.

FIRST ... A TRULY INCREDIBLE RESOURCE .... London Chartism 1838-1848 by David Goodway

Chartism (Seminar Studies in History) by Edward Royle


Chartism by Routledge


John Frost: A Study in Chartism by David Williams