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Question: Extract from a Chartist Paper the Northern Star. Explanations for Chartisms popularity - a reaction to economic pressure, national political movement and an inclusive cultural community.
What evidence is there in the extract above of examples of each of these factors?
Which of these factors, if any, appears to dominate in the extract?
Answer: The extract “Great Meeting at York for the Charter” from a report in the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star which was issued Saturday, July 6, 1839, shows three explanations for Chartism support. Especially showing the reaction to cultural community, economic pressure and national political movement. In this essay I am going to explore each reaction and define which support was the most dominant in gaining support for Chartism.
Quoting from the Northern Star report ‘Great Meeting at York for the Charter, the cultural community was only recognised as being men 'I am glad to meet the brave men' and 'Honourable gentlemen ....the working class only'. The speech was generally directed to men who were seen as the majority with a greater role in society, the women’s role was merely important yet Chartistism was proclaimed as having elements of inclusiveness. The extract st...(short extract)
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- Subject: Y180 Making Sense of the Arts
- Course: Y180
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: Not available
- Words: 983
- Date submitted: January 03, 2012
- Date written: Not available
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 3937
