The Age of Reform : 1815-1870 / Sir Llewellyn Woodward
Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1987. Reprinted. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #415945
ISBN: 0198217110
Physical description; 681 pp.: maps (some folded) ; 23 cm. Contents; Introduction : England in 1815 -- Book I Politics and parties : The politics of the upper class and the reform of Parliament, 1815-32 -- Monarchy, ministers, and parties, 1832-46 : the age of Melbourne and Peel -- The politics of the people, 1830-50 : chartism, factory legislation -- Party politics and political leaders, 1846-70 ; the confusion of parties : the Reform Act of 1867. Book II England and Europe : Foreign policy, 1815-29 ; Castlereagh, Canning, and Wellington -- The foreign policy of Palmerston, 1830-41 ; the Entente with France, 1841-6 ; Palmerston and the crown, 1848-52 -- The Eastern question, 1841-54, and the Crimean War -- The foreign policy of Palmerston, 1856-65. Book III Ireland, the colonies, and India : Ireland -- The colonies -- India. Book IV The age of reform : The organization of a civilized social life -- Education, 1815-70 -- Religion and the churches -- English literature and the development of ideas -- Movements in the sciences and arts -- The condition of the people, 1850-70 -- List of maps. Subjects; Great Britain. Parliament Reform History 19th century. Politics and government. Kings and rulers England. Government history. Social Conditions.
Price: €28.00