LEADER 03100oam 2200673I 450 001 9910817281303321 005 20230808210947.0 010 $a1-351-88462-X 010 $a1-315-23796-2 010 $a1-4094-6433-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315237961 035 $a(CKB)2550000001151242 035 $a(EBL)1531639 035 $a(OCoLC)861692775 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037248 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12424286 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037248 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042850 035 $a(PQKB)11267494 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1531639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293160 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1531639 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10784007 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL559336 035 $a(OCoLC)988383918 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293160 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL997532 035 $a(OCoLC)1027154773 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001151242 100 $a20180706e20162013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe opinions of William Cobbett /$fedited by James Grande, John Stevenson and Richard Thomas 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2013 by Ashgate Pub. 311 $a1-138-41833-1 311 $a1-4094-6432-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Foreword by Richard Ingrams; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Cobbett's Early Life and Progress; 2 Corruption; 3 Patriotism and Nationalism; 4 Parliamentary Reform; 5 Villains and Pet Hates; 6 Sound Money and Cottage Economy; 7 Religion, Medievalism and the Gothic; 8 Love and Marriage; 9 Poverty and the Poor Laws; 10 America; 11 Scotland and Ireland; 12 Agriculture, Commerce and Industry; 13 Literature, Sensibility and the Romantics; Chronology of Cobbett's Life; Bibliography 330 $aPolitician, journalist, reformer, convict, social commentator and all-round thorn in the side of the establishment, Cobbett had a talent for controversial and pugnacious writing that echoes down the centuries and still rings fresh today. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Cobbett's birth in 1763, this book provides a selection of his writings - both published and unpublished - that highlight his talents, obsessions, and concerns. This book not only brings to life the dynamic and rumbustious world of Georgian England within which Cobbett moved, but also reveals many uncanny parallels with m 606 $aPoliticians$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aJournalists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1789-1820 615 0$aPoliticians 615 0$aJournalists 676 $a941.07/3092 700 $aCobbett$b William$f1763-1835.,$0195253 701 $aThomas$b Richard H$0288796 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817281303321 996 $aThe opinions of William Cobbett$94066490 997 $aUNINA