C. R. Fay

The Corn Laws and Social England

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1932, this book presents a discussion regarding the socio-economic history of the Corn Laws.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781316633229
• ISBN-10: 1316633225
• Artikelnr.: 47713401

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The significance of the Corn Laws in English history
2. The economics of the corn bounty, 1688-1765
3. Policy in transition, 1765-1815
4. Digression upon the corn trade around 1800
5. 1815 on trial
6. The league and repeal
7. The effect of the Corn Laws on the price of corn, 1815-46
8. Huskisson and imperial statesmanship
9. The Corn Laws and social thought
Appendix. Two speeches of Robert Peel
Index.