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The Chartists:

The First National Workers' Movement
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Pluto Press, 1997 - History - 110 pages
A succinct history of the Chartist movement, the first fully national struggle of working people to improve their conditions of work.
  

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Contents

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The Chartists: the first national workers' movement
The Chartists: the first national workers' movement
John Charlton
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TitleThe Chartists: The First National Workers' Movement
Socialist history of Britain
AuthorJohn Charlton
PublisherPluto Press, 1997
ISBN0745311830, 9780745311838
Length110 pages
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History / Europe / Great Britain
  
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