British Social History

The working class of Britain in the 1830s wanted political emancipation. Dorothy Thompson discusses her opinion of this British working class movement in her article "Chartism - Success or Failure?" Believing Chartism was successful, she parlays her opinion in a non-biased fashion posing the question of whether or not it really was successful because it did not gain in any area of political reform it was seeking. Although many believe, including Thompson, that Chartism began with the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832 and was ultimately unsuccessful in achieving political reform, it did…