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Author Pickering, Paul A.

Title The people's bread : a history of the Anti-Corn Law League / Paul A. Pickering and Alex Tyrrell.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. 'An Engine of Political Warfare' -- 3. A Nation of Repealers: The League in the English Provinces and Scotland -- 4. West Britons: The League in Wales and Ireland -- 5. Organ of Veneration: The League and Religion -- 6. 'The Petticoat Politicians of Manchester': Women and the League -- 7. 'The People's Grain': The League and the Working Class -- 8. 'A Guerilla Warfare': The League and Parliament -- 9. Theatres of Discussion: League Meetings and Rituals -- 10. 'The Progeny of Mammon': A Biographical Analysis of the Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association Council, 1839-40 -- 11. Conclusion: 'A Long and Doubtful Road' -- App. 1. Anti-Corn Law Associations, 1838-44 -- App. 2. Localities Represented at League National Delegate Conferences -- App. 3. Members of Parliament who Voted for Total and Immediate Repeal, 1842-46 -- App. 4. Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association Council, 1839-40 -- App. 5. Occupation Profile of the Manchester ACLA Council, 1839-40.
Summary Formed in 1839, the Anti-Corn Law League was one of the most important campaigns to introduce the ideas of economic liberalism into mainstream political discourse in Britain. Its aspiration for free trade played a crucial role in defining the agenda of nineteenth-century liberalism and shaping the modern British state. Its faith in the free market still resonates in Britain's public policy debates today. This is the first comprehensive study of the League which makes use of recent methodological developments in social history.
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Subject Anti-Corn-Law League.
Anti-Corn-Law League.
Anti-Corn-Law-League.
Corn laws (Great Britain) -- History -- 19th century.
Corn laws (Great Britain)
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Protectionism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Protectionism.
Great Britain.
Free trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Free trade.
Grain trade -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Grain trade -- Government policy.
Grain trade.
Chronological Term Geschichte
1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Tyrrell, Alex.
Other Form: Print version: Pickering, Paul A. People's bread. London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2000 0718502183 (DLC) 00024647 (OCoLC)43397171
ISBN 9780567204974 (electronic book)
0567204979 (electronic book)
1283194147
9781283194143
0718502183
9780718502188