An original study of the role of the Chartist Press in the campaign for democracy in Victorian Britain, and overseas. A study of the press from 1838 to the late 1850s A wider area is studied: it considers the press in England Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Australia Includes both innovative and revisionist perspectives Almost all of the contributors are well known specialists in the history of Chartism The editors provide a comprehensive introduction setting contributions in context and discuss how these essays expand our knowledge of Chartism Includes a selection of journalism: some of which is available from our website for teachers to freely copy and use.

Prof Aled G Jones: introduction- Chartist Journalism and Print Culture in Britain 1830-1855, Dr Joan Allen: The Late Chartist Press in the North-East of England, Glenn Airey: Feargus O'Connor, Ernest Jones and The Labourer, Owen Ashton: The Western Vindicator and Early Chartism, Dr Malcolm Chase: Illustrative Material in the Northern Star, Prof. W.H. Fraser: The Chartist Press in Scotland, Dr Michael Huggins: Denouncing Mr O'Connell and His Humbug Repeal Association: the Irish Dimension, Dr Paul Pickering: Rediscovering the Colonial Chartist Press, Prof Edward Royle: The Cause of the People: Moral Force Chartism and the Revolutions of 1848.