Living Liberalism - Practical Citizenship in Mid-Victorian Britain

Zusammenfassung In the mid-Victorian era, liberalism was a practical politics: it had a party, it informed legislation, and it had adherents who identified with and expressed it as opinion. This title argues that the properties of liberalism - citizenship, the vote, the candidate, and reform - were developed in response to a chaotic and antagonistic world.

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• Authors: Elaine Hadley, Hadley Elaine
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2010
• EAN: 9780226311883
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31188-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), 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, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies