Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790
In recent years, periodic discontent with the monarchy has become an aspect of political life in both Britain and the Commonwealth. While a number of important books have attempted to reappraise the British royal family, the study of anti-monarchism has by contrast been neglected.

Down with the Crown seeks to fill this gap and to modify assumptions about the failure of radicals to contest monarchy effectively by looking at the issue of anti-monarchism in British politics from the French Revolution to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. It also deals with debates about the House of Lords and with the republican movements in former colonies such as Australia. At a time when European integration, devolution in Wales and Scotland, and reform of the House of Lords are forcing Britain to take stock of its governing institutions, this book represents a significant contribution to the debates surrounding the House of Windsor.
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Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790
In recent years, periodic discontent with the monarchy has become an aspect of political life in both Britain and the Commonwealth. While a number of important books have attempted to reappraise the British royal family, the study of anti-monarchism has by contrast been neglected.

Down with the Crown seeks to fill this gap and to modify assumptions about the failure of radicals to contest monarchy effectively by looking at the issue of anti-monarchism in British politics from the French Revolution to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. It also deals with debates about the House of Lords and with the republican movements in former colonies such as Australia. At a time when European integration, devolution in Wales and Scotland, and reform of the House of Lords are forcing Britain to take stock of its governing institutions, this book represents a significant contribution to the debates surrounding the House of Windsor.
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Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790

Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790

by Antony Taylor
Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790

Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790

by Antony Taylor

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In recent years, periodic discontent with the monarchy has become an aspect of political life in both Britain and the Commonwealth. While a number of important books have attempted to reappraise the British royal family, the study of anti-monarchism has by contrast been neglected.

Down with the Crown seeks to fill this gap and to modify assumptions about the failure of radicals to contest monarchy effectively by looking at the issue of anti-monarchism in British politics from the French Revolution to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. It also deals with debates about the House of Lords and with the republican movements in former colonies such as Australia. At a time when European integration, devolution in Wales and Scotland, and reform of the House of Lords are forcing Britain to take stock of its governing institutions, this book represents a significant contribution to the debates surrounding the House of Windsor.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780231563
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 06/01/2013
Series: Picturing History
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 250
File size: 17 MB
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About the Author

Antony Taylor is Lecturer in History in the School of Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.

Table of Contents

Cover 'Down with the Crown': British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790 Imprint Page Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Equivocations of Liberty 1800-1837 2. Republicanism Reappraised: Anti-monarchism and the English Radical Tradition 1830-75 3. 'What Does She Do With It?': Radicalism, Republicanism and the 'Unrespectable' 1870-80 4. The Crown, the Radical Press and the Popular Anti-jubilee 1876-98 5. Anti-Monarchism in the Colonies: Anglo-Australian Dimensions 1870-1901 6. 'Lords of Misrule': Liberalism, the House of Lords and the Campaign against Privilege 1870-1911 7. The Labour Party and the Failure of English Republicanism 1919-99 Conclusion: The Future of the Monarchy? References Select Bibliography Photographic Acknowledgements and Picture Sources Index
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