Martin Hewitt, Trinity and All Saints College, University of Leeds, UK

'...a model of historical method...he makes use of many hitherto unused or under-used sources...thoroughly readable and accessible....' English Historical Review 'Hewitt’s arguments need careful consideration not just by those interested in nineteenth-century Manchester but by those concerned with current debates about class and class relations and the significance of the ’linguistic turn’ for the practice of history.' Victorian Studies '...this rich, complicated, difficult book hides its simplicities beneath a formidable forensic intelligence. Scolar/Ashgate deserve congratulation for seeing the importance of its contribution as well as Hewitt for having made it.' The Historical Journal, 42.3 '...a well-researched and lucid monograph.' Urban History, Vol. 26, No. 3

• Introduction; Manchester: economic growth and social structure; The genesis of middle-class moral imperialism; The rejection of religion; The repudiation of useful knowledge; The resilience of unrespectable recreation; The continuities of working-class consciousness; The strategic contradictions of mid-nineteenth-century radicalism; The restraint of working class politics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Martin Hewitt, Trinity and All Saints College, University of Leeds, UK

'...a model of historical method...he makes use of many hitherto unused or under-used sources...thoroughly readable and accessible....' English Historical Review 'Hewitt’s arguments need careful consideration not just by those interested in nineteenth-century Manchester but by those concerned with current debates about class and class relations and the significance of the ’linguistic turn’ for the practice of history.' Victorian Studies '...this rich, complicated, difficult book hides its simplicities beneath a formidable forensic intelligence. Scolar/Ashgate deserve congratulation for seeing the importance of its contribution as well as Hewitt for having made it.' The Historical Journal, 42.3 '...a well-researched and lucid monograph.' Urban History, Vol. 26, No. 3

• Introduction; Manchester: economic growth and social structure; The genesis of middle-class moral imperialism; The rejection of religion; The repudiation of useful knowledge; The resilience of unrespectable recreation; The continuities of working-class consciousness; The strategic contradictions of mid-nineteenth-century radicalism; The restraint of working class politics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Martin Hewitt, Trinity and All Saints College, University of Leeds, UK

'...a model of historical method...he makes use of many hitherto unused or under-used sources...thoroughly readable and accessible....' English Historical Review 'Hewitt’s arguments need careful consideration not just by those interested in nineteenth-century Manchester but by those concerned with current debates about class and class relations and the significance of the ’linguistic turn’ for the practice of history.' Victorian Studies '...this rich, complicated, difficult book hides its simplicities beneath a formidable forensic intelligence. Scolar/Ashgate deserve congratulation for seeing the importance of its contribution as well as Hewitt for having made it.' The Historical Journal, 42.3 '...a well-researched and lucid monograph.' Urban History, Vol. 26, No. 3

• Introduction; Manchester: economic growth and social structure; The genesis of middle-class moral imperialism; The rejection of religion; The repudiation of useful knowledge; The resilience of unrespectable recreation; The continuities of working-class consciousness; The strategic contradictions of mid-nineteenth-century radicalism; The restraint of working class politics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.