Browsing by Subject "History of Britain"

Now showing 1 - 6 of 6
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Chartists
    (Blackwell Publishing, 2009-04-20) Kelly, Jason M.
    Chartism was a massive, working-class political movement that became a prominent feature of British politics between 1837 and 1848. The name Chartist was a derivation from their petitioning activities, which culminated in the presentation of three People's Charters to parliament in 1838, 1842, and 1848. While unsuccessful in achieving their immediate goals, the group became a potent symbol of early working-class political agitation, for radicals and conservatives alike.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Howard Zinn and the Struggle for the Microphone: History, Objectivity, and Citizenship
    (2009) Kelly, Jason M.
    Every year, historians in the United States attend the American Historical Association (AHA), a conference that has met annually since 1884. The AHA draws scholars from all specializations, and it is the primary organization through which the profession is represented. In 1969, the conference met at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. At the business meeting on the evening of 28 December, the radicals sought to take control of the organization. The minutes demonstrate the dangers of trusting narratives--even (or especially) those proffered as neutral accounts. They do not document the moment entirely, nor do they capture the participants' experiences of it. On the central event, the records are silent. What actually happened speaks to the issues of power, neutrality, and knowledge that were central themes in Howard Zinn's career. In those moments, Zinn, representing the Radical Historians' Caucus, sought to present a resolution to the members of the AHA. He grabbed a microphone and attempted to introduce it before the meeting's close. It denounced the twin evils of "the physical and cultural destruction of the Vietnamese people" and the "Black community at home". Before he had a chance to speak, John K. Fairbank intervened by wrestling the microphone out of Zinn's hands. The episode became known as the "Struggle for the Mike". In this article, the author talks about this episode and focuses on history of the profession, notions of objectivity, and citizenship.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    The Portraits of Sir James Gray (c1708-73)
    (2007) Kelly, Jason M.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Wilkes, John (1725–1797) and the “Wilkes and Liberty” movement
    (Blackwell Publishing, 2009-04-20) Kelly, Jason M.
    John Wilkes, the son of a Clerkenwell distiller, played a central role in the development of English radicalism during the reign of George III. Wilkes was responsible for prompting several controversies that brought an end to the “general warrant” in England as well as a reassessment of the concepts of habeas corpus, due process, and freedom of the press.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    William Morris
    (2009-04-20) Kelly, Jason M.
    William Morris was a writer, designer, and political activist. One of the early exponents of the aesthetic approach, later known as the Arts and Crafts movement, his intellectual breadth was seemingly boundless.