Liberalism in West Cornwall: The 1868 Election Papers of A. Pendarves Vivian Mp - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0901853429 ISBN 13 : 9780901853424

Editeur : Devon & Cornwall Record Society, 1999

Synopsis

Between 1832 and 1885 West Cornwall was highly unusual in the British electoral system. Throughout the period the division was never contested at a general election, and the Liberals maintained a stranglehold on both parliamentaryseats. Yet this apparent stability disguised an often turbulent reality of party manoeuvring and personal rivalries.
Dr Jaggard's book uncovers much that has been so far unknown about this phenomenon. The introduction surveysWest Cornwall politics between the First and Third Reform Acts, suggesting how the Liberals' hegemony was established and maintained. Both the numerical strength of Methodism in the division, together with corrosive rivalries among the county's Conservatives, played a part, but the papers suggest other factors at work too. Prominent among them immediately after 1867 was the Liberal party's organisation, and the prominence within it of men of new wealth such as the miner-banker J M Williams.
As a snapshot of the mid-Victorian electoral system in action the papers widen our understanding of local and national politics, particularly reasons for the electoral success of the Gladstonian Liberal party.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Devon & Cornwall Record Society
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0901853429
• ISBN 13: 9780901853424
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Éditeur: Jaggard Edwin
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