This book takes a fresh look at the 'age of reform', from 1780 when reform became a common object of aspiration, to the 1830s - the era of the 'Reform Ministry' and of the Great Reform Act of 1832 - and beyond, when such aspirations were realised more frequently. It pays close attention to what contemporaries termed 'reform', identifying two strands, institutional and moral, which interacted in complex ways. Particular reforming initiatives singled out for attention include those targeting parliament, government, the law, the church, medicine, slavery, regimens of self-care, opera, theatre,…mehr
This book takes a fresh look at the 'age of reform', from 1780 when reform became a common object of aspiration, to the 1830s - the era of the 'Reform Ministry' and of the Great Reform Act of 1832 - and beyond, when such aspirations were realised more frequently. It pays close attention to what contemporaries termed 'reform', identifying two strands, institutional and moral, which interacted in complex ways. Particular reforming initiatives singled out for attention include those targeting parliament, government, the law, the church, medicine, slavery, regimens of self-care, opera, theatre, and art institutions, while later chapters situate British reform in its imperial and European contexts. An extended introduction provides a point of entry to the history and historiography of the period. The book will therefore stimulate fresh thinking about this formative period of British history.
Arthur Burns is Senior Lecturer in History, King's College London. Joanna Innes is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Somerville College, Oxford, and Lecturer in Modern History, University of Oxford.
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Notes on contributors Preface List of abbreviations 1. Introduction Joanna Innes and Arthur Burns 2. 'Reform' in English public life: the fortunes of a word Joanna Innes 3. Parliament, the state and 'old corruption': conceptualising reform, c. 1790-1832 Philip Harling 4. 'Old wine in new bottles': the concept and practice of law reform, c. 1780-1830 Michael Lobban 5. English 'church reform' revisited, 1780-1840 Arthur Burns 6. Medicine in the age of reform Ian A. Burney 7. British antislavery reassessed David Turley 8. 'The age of physiological reformers': rethinking gender and domesticity in the age of reform Kathryn Gleadle 9. Reforming the aristocracy: opera and elite culture, 1780-1860 Jennifer L. Hall-Witt 10. Reform on the London stage Katherine Newey 11. Reforming culture: national art institutions in the age of reform Holger Hoock 12. Irish reform between the 1798 Rebellion and the Great Famine Jennifer Ridden 12. Empire and parliamentary reform: the 1832 Reform Act revisited Miles Taylor 14. Reforms, movements for reform and possibilities of reform: comparing Britain and continental Europe Jonathan Sperber Index.
Notes on contributors Preface List of abbreviations 1. Introduction Joanna Innes and Arthur Burns 2. 'Reform' in English public life: the fortunes of a word Joanna Innes 3. Parliament, the state and 'old corruption': conceptualising reform, c. 1790-1832 Philip Harling 4. 'Old wine in new bottles': the concept and practice of law reform, c. 1780-1830 Michael Lobban 5. English 'church reform' revisited, 1780-1840 Arthur Burns 6. Medicine in the age of reform Ian A. Burney 7. British antislavery reassessed David Turley 8. 'The age of physiological reformers': rethinking gender and domesticity in the age of reform Kathryn Gleadle 9. Reforming the aristocracy: opera and elite culture, 1780-1860 Jennifer L. Hall-Witt 10. Reform on the London stage Katherine Newey 11. Reforming culture: national art institutions in the age of reform Holger Hoock 12. Irish reform between the 1798 Rebellion and the Great Famine Jennifer Ridden 12. Empire and parliamentary reform: the 1832 Reform Act revisited Miles Taylor 14. Reforms, movements for reform and possibilities of reform: comparing Britain and continental Europe Jonathan Sperber Index.
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