03637nam 2200649 a 450 991078951050332120230422031703.01-283-19414-797866131941450-567-20497-9(CKB)2670000000106451(EBL)742460(OCoLC)741690162(SSID)ssj0000524751(PQKBManifestationID)12250432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524751(PQKBWorkID)10488182(PQKB)11205852(MiAaPQ)EBC742460(Au-PeEL)EBL742460(CaPaEBR)ebr10490359(CaONFJC)MIL319414(OCoLC)893335537(EXLCZ)99267000000010645120000128d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe people's bread[electronic resource] a history of the Anti-Corn Law League /Paul A. Pickering and Alex TyrrellLondon ;New York Leicester University Press20001 online resource (315 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7185-0218-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 'An Engine of Political Warfare'; 3 A Nation of Repealers: The League in the English Provinces and Scotland; 4 West Britons: The League in Wales and Ireland; 5 The Organ of Veneration: The League and Religion; 6 'The Petticoat Politicians of Manchester': Women and the League; 7 'The People's Grain': The League and the Working Class; 8 'A Guerilla Warfare': The League and Parliament; 9 Theatres of Discussion: League Meetings and Rituals10 'The Progeny of Mammon': A Biographical Analysis of the Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association Council, 1839-4011 Conclusion: 'A Long and Doubtful Road'; Appendix 1: Anti-Corn Law Associations, 1838-44; Appendix 2: Localities Represented at League National Delegate Conferences; Appendix 3: Members of Parliament who Voted for Total and Immediate Repeal, 1842-46; Appendix 4: Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association Council, 1839-40; Appendix 5: Occupation Profile of the Manchester ACLA Council, 1839-40; Select Bibliography; IndexFormed in 1839, the Anti-Corn Law League was one of the most important campaigns to introduce the ideas of economic liberalism into mainstream political discourse in Britain. Its aspiration for free trade played a crucial role in defining the agenda of nineteenth-century liberalism and shaping the modern British state. Its faith in the free market still resonates in Britain's public policy debates today. This is the first comprehensive study of the League which makes use of recent methodological developments in social history.Corn laws (Great Britain)History19th centuryProtectionismGreat BritainHistory19th centuryFree tradeGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGrain tradeGovernment policyGreat BritainHistory19th centuryCorn laws (Great Britain)HistoryProtectionismHistoryFree tradeHistoryGrain tradeGovernment policyHistory322.4/3/0941Pickering Paul A1536849Tyrrell Alex1536850MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789510503321The people's bread3785818UNINA