Political Change and Continuity, 1760-1885
Author | : Richard W. Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Buckinghamshire (England) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard W. Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Buckinghamshire (England) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard W. Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Buckinghamshire (England) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ed Jaggard |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780861932436 |
Examination of major changes in political behaviour in 19c Cornwall, withwider implications for the country as a whole. This detailed case-study offers a penetrating analysis of the changing political culture in Cornwall up to and after the introduction of the 1832 electoral system. It spans a century in which the county's parliamentary over-representation and notorious political corruption was replaced by a politicised electorate for whom issues and principles were usually paramount. Several models of electoral behaviour are tested; in particular, the continuous politicalactivism of Cornwall's farmers stands out. Despite remnants of the unreformed electoral system lingering into the mid-Victorian era, Cornwall developed a powerful Liberal tradition, built upon distinctive patterns of non-conformity; the Conservatives, split by dissension, saw their pre-reform ascendancy disappear. Professor EDWIN JAGGARD lectures in history at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
Author | : R.J.B. Morris |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2016-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1315525356 |
In the mid-Victorian period, when British international influence and power were at their height, concerns about local economic and social conditions were only slowly coming to be recognised as part of the obligations and expectations of central government. Adopting a legal history perspective, this study reveals how municipal authorities of this period had few public law powers to regulate local conditions, or to provide services, and thus the more enterprising went direct to Parliament to obtain – at a price – the passing specific local Bills to address their needs. Identifying and analysing for the first time the 335 local Parliamentary Bills promoted by local authorities in the period from the passing of the Local Government Act 1858 to the first annual report of the Local Government Board in 1872, the book draws three main conclusions from this huge mass of local statute book material. The first is that, far from being an uncoordinated mass of inconsistent, quixotic provisions, these Acts have a substantial degree of cohesion as a body of material. Second, the towns and cities of northern England secured more than half of them. Thirdly, the costs of promotions (and the vested interests involved in them) represented a huge and often wasteful outlay that a more pragmatic and forward-looking Parliamentary attitude could have greatly reduced.
Author | : Eric J. Evans |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 2018-07-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351018205 |
In what has established itself as a classic study of Britain from the late eighteenth century to the mid-Victorian period, Eric J. Evans explains how the country became the world’s first industrial nation. His book also explains how, and why, Britain was able to lay the foundations for what became the world’s largest empire. Over the period covered by this book, Britain became the world’s most powerful nation and arguably its first super-power. Economic opportunity and imperial expansion were accompanied by numerous domestic political crises which stopped short of revolution. The book ranges widely: across key political, diplomatic, social, cultural, economic and religious themes in order to convey the drama involved in a century of hectic, but generally constructive, change. Britain was still ruled by wealthy landowners in 1870 as it had been in 1783, yet the society over which they presided was unrecognisable. Victorian Britain had become an urban, industrial and commercial powerhouse. This fourth edition, coming more than fifteen years after its predecessor, has been completely revised and updated in the light of recent research. It engages more extensively with key themes, including gender, national identities and Britain’s relationship with its burgeoning empire. Containing illustrations, maps, an expanded ‘Framework of Events’ and an extensive ‘Compendium of Information’ on topics such as population change, cabinet membership and significant legislation, the book is essential reading for all students of this crucial period in British history.
Author | : M. L. Bush |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Aristocracy (Political science) |
ISBN | : 9780719010811 |
Author | : Seth Alexander Thevoz |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2018-03-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1786733722 |
The book phenomenon of `Club Government' in the mid-nineteenth century, when many of the functions of government were alleged to have taken place behind closed doors, in the secretive clubs of London's St. James's district, has not been adequately historicized. Despite `Club Government' being referenced in most major political histories of the period, it is a topic which has never before enjoyed a full-length study. Making use of previously-sealed club archives, and adopting a broad range of analytical techniques, this work of political history, social history, sociology and quantitative approaches to history seeks to deepen our understanding of the distinctive and novel ways in which British political culture evolved in this period. The book concludes that historians have hugely underestimated the extent of club influence on `high politics' in Westminster, and though the reputation of clubs for intervening in elections was exaggerated, the culture and secrecy involved in gentleman's clubs had a huge impact on Britain and the British Empire.
Author | : James E. Bradley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2002-06-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780521890823 |
This book examines the social and political activities of the English Dissenters in the age of the American Revolution. By comparing sermons, political pamphlets, and election ephemera to poll books, city directories, and baptismal registers, this book offers an integrated approach to the study of ideology and behavior.
Author | : J. V. Beckett |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780719037573 |
This book chronicles the rags-to-riches tale of the Grenvilles, who rose from the gentry to become dukes, making a fortune and building Stowe, one of England's great country houses, in the process - only to come close to bankruptcy by 1850 and eventually lose their title.
Author | : Catherine Hall |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2000-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521576536 |
Defining the Victorian Nation offers a fresh perspective on one of the most significant pieces of legislation in nineteenth-century Britain. Hall, McClelland and Rendall demonstrate that the Second Reform Act was marked by controversy about the extension of the vote, new concepts of masculinity and the masculine voter, the beginnings of the women's suffrage movement, and a parallel debate about the meanings and forms of national belonging. Fascinating illustrations illuminate the argument, and a detailed chronology, biographical notes and a selected bibliography offer further support to the student reader.