Chartism was the first great campaign for democracy in British history. Uniting thousands in speech, shout, and song, the movement, for a time, transformed the Victorian soundscape, foregrounding the voices of working people in political life as never before.
Shout for freedom explores how sounds—from the clank of machinery to the beauty of birdsong, the tramp of marching feet to the exhilaration of a dance, the cheering of crowds to the silence of prison—became central to Chartism. As debates about working-class citizenship intensified, Chartism's championing of the collective voice of working people articulated and contested emerging understandings of democracy.
Bringing together histories of politics, sound, and music, this book offers a radical reassessment of this crucial moment, arguing that the extraordinary eruption and forced silencing of Chartism reveal the nature, and the limits, of democracy in modern Britain.
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Shout for freedom
A sonic history of Chartism and the origins of British democracy
- 268 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Musical example
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Note on the text
- Introduction: Glorious whisperings
- 1 The Chartist ear: Listening to working-class soundscapes
- 2 The Chartist voice: The struggle for control of the soundscape
- 3 The music of Chartism: Creating a radical counter-culture
- 4 Listening to Chartism: The sonic condition of England
- 5 Quiet Liberalism: The muting of working-class radicalism
- EpilogueFading echoes
- Bibliography
- Index
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