John Charlton (historian)
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John Charlton is a British historian
working in the Marxist tradition. He was a founding member (1961) of the Newcastle Branch of the International Socialists
(IS) and has been a member of the IS and Socialist Workers Party in York, Leeds, and from 1996 Newcastle, where he now lives.
He was educated at Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne followed by Dudley College of Education. He is a graduate of York
and Leeds
universities and worked as a school teacher in Newcastle (1959–1964). Charlton lectured in History and Politics, Leeds Polytechnic (1970–1989) and Leeds University (1990–1999).
He is closely involved in the North East Labour History Society and has been Secretary and Editor of the Society’s journal, North East History.
Currently (2010–11) he is leader of a Heritage Lottery Funded project, Mapping Popular Politics in the north east of England which has both an archive searching element and an oral history element. He is working on a Peoples’ History of North East England.
His recent published work includes:
Historian
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working in the Marxist tradition. He was a founding member (1961) of the Newcastle Branch of the International Socialists
International Socialists
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(IS) and has been a member of the IS and Socialist Workers Party in York, Leeds, and from 1996 Newcastle, where he now lives.
He was educated at Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne followed by Dudley College of Education. He is a graduate of York
University of York
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and Leeds
University of Leeds
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universities and worked as a school teacher in Newcastle (1959–1964). Charlton lectured in History and Politics, Leeds Polytechnic (1970–1989) and Leeds University (1990–1999).
He is closely involved in the North East Labour History Society and has been Secretary and Editor of the Society’s journal, North East History.
Currently (2010–11) he is leader of a Heritage Lottery Funded project, Mapping Popular Politics in the north east of England which has both an archive searching element and an oral history element. He is working on a Peoples’ History of North East England.
His recent published work includes:
- Class struggle and the origins of state welfare reform, Class Struggle and Social Welfare, ed Michael Lavalette & Gerry Mooney, Routledge, 2000.
- Action! in Anti-Capitalism: A Guide to the Movement, ed Emma Bircham & John Charlton, Bookmarks, 2001,
- The Pre-History of Social Movements, in New Approaches to Socialist History, ed Keith Flett & David Renton, New Clarion Press, 2003.
- Chartism - A movement before its time, Democracy: The Long Revolution, ed Tom Hickey & David Powell, Continuum, 2007.
- Hidden Chains: the slavery business and north east England, Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2008.
- 1819: Waterloo, Peterloo and Newcastle Town Moor, North East History, 39, 2008.
- Don’t you hear the H-Bomb’s Thunder, Merlin Press, 2009.