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dc.contributor.authorGeorge, David
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-28T12:56:49Z
dc.date.available2021-07-28T12:56:49Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50265
dc.description.abstractOnce notorious but now largely forgotten, the political idealist and radical John Baxter Langley was typical of the well-educated and ethical Victorians who struggled to create a fairer, more equal society. Through a long and wide-ranging career of political agitation he was a journalist, editor and owner of several newspapers, was prominent in the call for franchise reform, and opposed religious legislation that prevented Sunday entertainment and education for working men and women. Langley was also integral to the founding of a trade union, campaigned for an end to public executions and built affordable housing in Battersea. Internationally, he condemned the Second Opium War, exposed British brutality in India and worked covertly for Lincoln’s administration. He was a fellow-traveller for many other key radicals of the day, while his founding of the ‘Church of the Future’ garnered the support of Charles Darwin, James Martineau and John Stuart Mill. Through a chronological narrative of Langley's activities, this book provides an overview of many of the most significant political causes of the mid- to late nineteenth century. These include electoral reform, feminism, slavery, racism, trade unionism, workers' rights, the free press, leisure, prostitution, foreign relations and espionage. A neglected but important figure in the history of nineteenth-century radicalism, this work gives John Baxter Langley the attention he deserves and reveals the breadth of his legacy.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MN 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899en_US
dc.subject.otherJohn Baxter Langley; Victorian reformer; radical; politics; 19th century; politician; miners; franchise; slavery; Sabbatarianism; reform; workers' housingen_US
dc.titleThe Radical Campaigns of John Baxter Langleyen_US
dc.title.alternativeA Keen and Courageous Reformeren_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.47788/LVPH3819en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy8997c8ff-5e93-42a0-99b3-3ed1ff2e7d62en_US
oapen.relation.isFundedByc274e1ac-c0b7-43be-ab92-6c56702bf554en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781905816484en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781905816491en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781905816477
oapen.pages368en_US
oapen.place.publicationExeteren_US


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