This review article discusses the nature of British radical reformers and their ideas in the revolutionary era in light of some recent scholarship. It assesses the relative impact of the American and French revolutions on British popular politics in the 1780s and 1790s.
History
Publication title
Enlightenment and Dissent
Volume
31
Pagination
51-75
ISSN
0262-7612
Department/School
School of Humanities
Publisher
Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature in English, University of London