Glorious Causes: The Grand Theatre of Political Change, 1789 to 1833Oxford University Press, 2001 - 202 עמודים 'Social and cultural historians interested in theatre or politics in the age of reform will find much of value in this innovative and readable study' -Robert Poole, Social History Society BulletinGlorious Causes explores the British nation as a stage for reform in the late Georgian era. Liberation movements for social and political change, for slaves, for factory and rural workers, for women, and for the vote, drew their energies crucially from theatre as well as political agitation, together creating the drama of reform. |
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The Grand Theatre of Reform | 18 |
Slavery Removing the Cloak from the Truth | 41 |
Dark Satanic Mills Transforming the Face of England | 76 |
Distressed Tenants and Rural Landscapes 93 256 | 93 |
Women Players and the Protection Racket | 113 |
The Grand Theatre of Political Change 1789 to 1833 | 137 |
Epilogue | 175 |
Bibliography | 188 |
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