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The Populist Turn - Visions of the People: Industrial England and the Question of Class, 1840–1914. By Patrick Joyce. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. 449. $49.50. - Currents of Radicalism: Popular Radicalism, Organized Labour and Party Politics in Britain, 1850–1914. Edited by Eugenio F. Biagini and Alastair J. Reid. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xi + 305. $49.50. - British Socialists and the Politics of Popular Culture, 1884–1914. By Chris Waters. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1990. Pp. 252. $35.00.

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Visions of the People: Industrial England and the Question of Class, 1840–1914. By Patrick Joyce. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. 449. $49.50.
Currents of Radicalism: Popular Radicalism, Organized Labour and Party Politics in Britain, 1850–1914. Edited by Eugenio F. Biagini and Alastair J. Reid. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xi + 305. $49.50.
British Socialists and the Politics of Popular Culture, 1884–1914. By Chris Waters. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1990. Pp. 252. $35.00.

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Journal of British Studies , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 1993 , pp. 177 - 189
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