From the corn laws to free trade : interests, ideas, and institutions in historical perspective / / Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
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Schonhardt-Bailey Cheryl <1961->
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| Titolo: |
From the corn laws to free trade : interests, ideas, and institutions in historical perspective / / Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 382/.71094109034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Corn laws (Great Britain) - History - 19th century |
| Free trade - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-408) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction: The Puzzle -- 2 - Interests, Ideas, and Institutions Simpli.ed: A Demand- and Supply-Side Perspective -- I The Demand Side: The League, the Landowners, and Free Trade -- 3 - Lessons in Lobbying for Free Trade: To Concentrate or Not -- 4 - Nationalizing the Interest in Free Trade -- 5 - The Waning Demand for Protection: Portfolio Diversi.cation of Landowners -- 6 - Votes in Parliament, Dissected into Ideology, Party, and Interests -- II The Supply Side -- 7 - Conservatives Who Sounded Like Trustees but Voted Like Delegates -- 8 - Repeal in Historical Context: Key Parliamentary Debates on the Corn Laws before 1846 -- 9 - Free Trade's Last Hurdle: Why the Lords Acquiesced -- 10 - Feeling the Heat of the League? How Local Newspapers Affected MPs' Voting on Repeal -- 11 - Concluding Thoughts on Repeal and the Road to Democratic Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1: Summary Table of All Regression Variables and Further Details on Measuring District Trade Orientation -- Appendix 2: Speakers 22 January to 15 May 1846 in the Debates on the Customs and Corn Importation Bill -- Appendix 3: Characteristics of Members of Parliament, 1815 to 1828 -- Appendix 4: Details of Parliamentary Proceedings, 1814 to 1846 -- Appendix 5: Details of Members of Parliament Sampled for Newspaper Analysis -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The overlapping and interacting forces that caused a Conservative government to repeal the protectionist Corn Laws against its own political principles and economic interests: extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | From the corn laws to free trade |
| ISBN: | 0-262-29198-3 |
| 1-282-09755-5 | |
| 9786612097553 | |
| 0-262-28320-4 | |
| 1-4294-7767-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828806003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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