Socialist History Seminar 9th October. Catherine Howe, Chartism in London in 1848
1848 was a year of revolution across Europe, but Britain appeared to be an exception.
Catherine Howe’s book on London Chartism in 1848, 175 years ago, explores a rather different reality. The revolutionary currents and activists at work in the Spring and Summer of 1848 that caused a significant response from the State.
Christopher Clark in his recent book on 1848 (Revolutionary Spring) has argued that nowhere else in Europe was the State able to organise such a large number of police and soldiers to face down a potential revolt.
Boyd Hilton (Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know) has argued that it was the force of the State that defeated the Chartists in 1848. The reverse side of this point however is that the Chartist threat was considered significant enough to require it.
Chartism in London in 1848 Catherine Howe Monday 9th October Time: 5.30pm
Recording of the seminar
Organised by the Socialist History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research and the London Socialist Historians Group.
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