The Vote
How It Was Won and How It Was Undermined
Published on 28. May 2024
528 pages
978-1-80429-470-3 (ISBN)
Description
The culmination of a lifetime's work by the celebrated journalist and historian Paul Foot, The Vote tells the thrilling story of how the universal franchise was secured in Britain, and the slow erosion that followed. Foot takes readers from the smoke-filled church of the Putney Debates to the incendiary arguments between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke in the aftermath of the French Revolution, to the rise of Chartism and the fight for women's suffrage. Throughout, Foot shows how vested interests first delayed and then hobbled the progress of democracy.
Looking to the twentieth century, Foot exposes the gaps between the promises of a succession of Labour governments and their actions once in power, and the party's abandonment of any aspiration to economic democracy.
Written with Paul Foot's inimitable energy and engaging style, this is a classic work of history and a must-read for anyone interested in the origins of today's political scene.
Looking to the twentieth century, Foot exposes the gaps between the promises of a succession of Labour governments and their actions once in power, and the party's abandonment of any aspiration to economic democracy.
Written with Paul Foot's inimitable energy and engaging style, this is a classic work of history and a must-read for anyone interested in the origins of today's political scene.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-80429-470-3 (9781804294703)
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05/2024
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Person
Paul Foot was the outstanding left-wing journalist of his generation. For many years he was an investigative journalist for the Daily Mirror. In his later years he wrote for Private Eye and the Guardian. His many books include The Politics of Harold Wilson and Murder at the Farm. Paul Foot died in July 2004.
Content
- Intro
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Publisher's Note
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: How the Vote was Won
- 1647: Crows and Eagles at Putney
- 1790-1832: The Not-So-Great Reform Act
- Revolt of the Chartists
- The Leap in the Dark
- Women 171
- Part 2: How the Vote was Undermined
- 1918-28: Mond's Manacles
- The Grey Decade
- 1940-51: The Stupendous Convulsion
- Unstable Compound 1: 1951-70
- Unstable Compound 2: 1970-79
- New Labour = Old Tory: The Tory Counter-attack and the Labour Surrender
- Conclusion: Their Democracy and Ours
- Bibliography
- Index
