The Roots of Radicalism: Tradition, the Public Sphere, and Early Nineteenth-Century Social Movements

by Craig J. Calhoun

The story of the rise of radicalism in the early nineteenth century has often been simplified into a fable about progressive social change. The diverse social movements of the era--religious, political, regional, national, antislavery, and protemperance--are presented as mere strands in a unified tapestry of labor and democratic mobilization. Taking aim at this flawed view of radicalism as simply the extreme end of a single dimension of progress,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226090868
• ISBN13: 9780226090863
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"