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The Methodist population was concentrated in certain areas, "mainly in the North, Midlands, East Anglia, and the extreme Southwest."30 When [E. J.] Hobsbawm [in "Methodism and the Threat of Revolution in Britain," History Today VII:2 (February 1957), 115124] examined the areas of Methodist strength, he found they had little or no moderating effect on radicalism. Instead he found that both Methodism and radicalism were strong in some cities and both were weak in some cities.31 He noted, too, that Methodism and radicalism advanced at the same time and declined at the same time.32 The boom years for Wesleyanism were 1793-94,1813-16,1831-34,1837-41, and 1848-50, the very years that radical activity was at its peak.33 In addition, the great "revival years" normally did not occur when economic conditions were coming to their worst.34 -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>