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To dismiss the Chartist movement as mere hunger politics is to underestimate the depth of its political support'. Discuss
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To dismiss the Chartist movement as mere hunger politics is to underestimate the depth of its political support'. Discuss Hunger politics evidence: * Chartism product of industrialisation. Problem was boom and slump nature of economy and temporary unemployment. This was one of issues that angered w/class about Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. In Manchester alone in 1837 there were estimated to have been 50,000 unemployed at some point and there were constant protests in Yorkshire re, this inconsistency of opportunity. * The man in charge of controlling the Midlands and North from a military sense had sympathy with the Chartists and reported to the government 'everywhere people are starving in the manufacturing districts. * Industrialisation brought with it the problem for many of mechanisation. Britain contained a rich heritage of craftsmanship and it was craftsmen that were badly hit. These including handloom weavers and more locally Black Country nail makers. Also hit badly...
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