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1 online resource (viii, 302 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Democracy and the vote in British politics -- Reform and revolution, 1848-1852 -- Peelites, protectionists and popular Toryism -- The coalition and the Crimea, 1852-1855 -- Grasping the nettle : the reform bills of 1859 and 1860 -- Democracy in practice : France and America -- "The liberal dilemma" -- The liberal collapse -- The accidental revolution : the making of the second Reform Act -- Epilogue : "Toryism on a national foundation." |
| Summary |
The Second Reform Act, passed in 1867, created a million new voters, doubling the electorate and propelling the British state into the age of mass politics. This study provides the first analysis of the subject from the demise of Chartism to the passage o. |
| Local Note |
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Great Britain. Reform Act (1867)
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Great Britain. |
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Reform Act (Great Britain : 1867) |
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Great Britain. Parliament -- Elections.
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Elections. |
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Great Britain. |
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Great Britain. Parliament. |
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Great Britain. Parliament. |
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Reform Act (Great Britain : 1867) |
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Election law -- Great Britain -- History.
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Election law. |
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History. |
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Representative government and representation -- Great Britain -- History.
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Representative government and representation. |
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Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History.
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Suffrage. |
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Voting -- Great Britain -- History.
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Voting. |
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Democracy -- Great Britain -- History.
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Democracy. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- History.
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Politics and government. |
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Representative government and representation.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Saunders, Robert, 1978- Democracy and the vote in British politics, 1848-1867. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011 9781409417941 (DLC) 2010032124 (OCoLC)652743756 |
| ISBN |
9781409417958 (electronic book) |
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1409417956 (electronic book) |
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9781409417941 |
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1409417948 |
| Standard No. |
9786612963407 |
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