The Chartists: The First National Workers' Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0745311830
- ISBN-13
- 9780745311838
- Series
- The Chartists
- Category
- Chartism
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Author
- John Charlton
Description
Annotation A succinct history of the Chartist movement, the first fully national struggle of working people to improve their conditions of work.
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- 1984
- 399 pages
- Paperback
- Pantheon Books
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