Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848-1867: The Making of the Second Reform ActThe Second Reform Act, passed in 1867, created a million new voters and marked the end of a 20-year struggle for the working class vote. This study focuses not only on the reform debate itself, but on a whole series of controversies, including the growth of trade unionism and the impact of the 1848 revolutions. |
Contents
Reform and Revolution 18481852 | 27 |
Peelites Protectionists and Popular Toryism | 55 |
The Coalition and the Crimea 18521855 | 79 |
The Reform Bills of 1859 and 1860 | 101 |
France and America | 131 |
The Liberal Dilemma | 161 |
The Liberal Collapse | 189 |
Toryism on a National Foundation | 265 |
Select Bibliography | 279 |
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