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The C hartist Legacy in the B ritish World: Evidence from N ew Z ealand's S outhern Settlements, 1840s−1870s
Author(s) -
Griffiths John,
Evans Vic
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1468-229X
pISSN - 0018-2648
DOI - 10.1111/1468-229x.12075
Subject(s) - newspaper , ideology , politics , historiography , settlement (finance) , scrutiny , human settlement , history , political science , economic history , law , economics , archaeology , finance , payment
Was there a C hartist legacy in B ritish‐world settler societies such as N ew Z ealand? An older historiography relating to the mid‐nineteenth century colony downplayed ideology and C hartism was given only the briefest of considerations. A closer scrutiny of early settler newspapers published in the first two decades of settlement, however, facilitated by recent digitalization, allows the historian to assess more accurately how far the B ritish movement reproduced its discourse in the overseas colony. The article initially surveys the existing treatments of B ritish‐world C hartism before exploring the extent to which C hartism infused political and economic discourse in this far‐flung location.