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Radical Underworld: Prophets, Revolutionaries and Pornographers in London, 1795-1840
Radical Underworld Prophets Revolutionaries and Pornographers in London 17951840 Author:Iain McCalman This is a study of English popular radicalism during the period between the anti-Jacobin government 'Terror' of the 1790s and the beginnings of Chartism. Challenging distinctions between 'high' and 'low' culture, Iain McCalman reveals the links between the political underworld and literary culture, poverty, crime, and prophetic religion.