Robert Saunders

Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848-1867

The Making of the Second Reform Act

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 of the Act.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781409417941
• ISBN-10: 1409417948
• Artikelnr.: 44974556

Autorenporträt

Dr Robert Saunders is Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Democracy and the Vote in British Politics
Chapter 1 Reform and Revolution, 1848-1852
Chapter 2 Peelites, Protectionists and Popular Toryism
Chapter 3 The Coalition and the Crimea, 1852-1855
Chapter 4 Grasping the Nettle: The Reform Bills of 1859 and 1860
Chapter 5 Democracy in Practice: France and America
Chapter 6 'The Liberal Dilemma'
Chapter 7 The Liberal Collapse
Chapter 8 The Accidental Revolution: The Making of the Second Reform Act