Decline of British Radicalism, 1847-1860

Zusatztext Miles Taylor has uncovered the world of these parliamentary radicals with scrupulous scholarship and deft insight, and has traced the progress of their ideal in the climatic years of the late 1840s and 1850s ... He offers an excellent discussion of their major objectives ... this is a highly intelligent and rich account, not just of Radicalism, but also of parliamentary politics, in the 1850s, and the reader will profit from its analyses of most of the big set-pieces of the decade, especially the foreign policy debates. Klappentext This is an important study of British radicalism in the years between the collapse of Chartism in 1848 and the rise of Gladstonian liberalism in the 1860s. Set against the backdrop of revolution and reaction in Europe, the Crimean War, and the Indian Mutiny, this wide-ranging book looks at how and why radicalism lost its hold on British politics. Zusammenfassung This is an important study of British radicalism in the years between the collapse of Chartism in 1848 and the rise of Gladstonian liberalism in the 1860s. Set against the backdrop of revolution and reaction in Europe, the Crimean War, and the Indian Mutiny, this wide-ranging book looks at how and why radicalism lost its hold on British politics.

Product details

• Authors: Miles Taylor
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.1995
• EAN: 9780198204824
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820482-4
• No. of pages: 434
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), History - General History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Political ideologies and movements