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Shout for Freedom: A Sonic History of Chartism and the Origins of British Democracy

Shout for Freedom: A Sonic History of Chartism and the Origins of British Democracy

Kennerley, David

Hardcover

Series: Radical Histories

General World HistoryBritish HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 1526197154
ISBN13: 9781526197153
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Sep 8 2026
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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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