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On November 4, 1839, John Frost, one of the leaders of the Chartist movement, led thousands of working class marchers through South Wales to push for political reform. When they arrived at the Westgate Hotel in the town of Newport, they encountered an armed militia. A bloody battle ensued. The Last Rising surveys this last of the Chartist insurrections, from its origins to its aftermath, and analyzes the profound impact of armed insurrection on the social and political climate of this period. It considers the response of the government and propertied classes-from the special commission that condemned three of the Chartist leaders to death, to the new interest in paternalism and the political concessions that were designed to prevent its recurrence. The book also includes a discussion of contemporary scholarship that regards the rising as one of the most important turning points in Welsh and British social history.

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Much of the value of the book lies in its brilliant analysis of the socio-economic structure of the coalfield, and of its distinctive political tradition . . . This splendid, humane book makes us reflect anew, both on Chartism more generally and on Welsh radicalism in particular. -Times Literary Supplement

Much of the value of the book lies in its brilliant analysis of the socio-economic structure of the coalfield, and of its distinctive political tradition . . . This splendid, humane book makes us reflect anew, both on Chartism more generally and on Welsh radicalism in particular. -Times Literary Supplement Brings to bear on the subject all the art and diligence of modern scholarship . . . a persuasive, original work. -The Observer David Jones''s splendid monograph which, at the risk of using a clich, must be described as definitive. -Times Higher Education Supplement

Brings to bear on the subject all the art and diligence of modern scholarship . . . a persuasive, original work. -The Observer David Jones''s splendid monograph which, at the risk of using a clich, must be described as definitive. -Times Higher Education Supplement Much of the value of the book lies in its brilliant analysis of the socio-economic structure of the coalfield, and of its distinctive political tradition . . . This splendid, humane book makes us reflect anew, both on Chartism more generally and on Welsh radicalism in particular. -Times Literary Supplement

Brings to bear on the subject all the art and diligence of modern scholarship . . . a persuasive, original work. -The Observer Much of the value of the book lies in its brilliant analysis of the socio-economic structure of the coalfield, and of its distinctive political tradition . . . This splendid, humane book makes us reflect anew, both on Chartism more generally and on Welsh radicalism in particular. -Times Literary Supplement David Jones''s splendid monograph which, at the risk of using a clich, must be described as definitive. -Times Higher Education Supplement

"""Much of the value of the book lies in its brilliant analysis of the socio-economic structure of the coalfield, and of its distinctive political tradition. . . . This splendid, humane book makes us reflect anew, both on Chartism more generally and on Welsh radicalism in particular.""-- ""Times Literary Supplement"""

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David Jones was a Professor of history at Swansea University and wrote works on the nature of Welsh society since the industrial revolution.

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