Women of the Fields
Women of the Fields

Author: Karen Sayer

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780719041426

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Item "describes the work that women did in agriculture, as seen in the parliamentary reports of 1843, 1967 [sic., 1867] and the 1890s, and the meanings given to that work in the local and national press, farming advice books, autobiographies and the art and literature of the period" -- back cover.

The People's Bread
The People's Bread

Author: Paul Pickering

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2000-08-01

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0567204979

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Formed 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.

The Anti-Corn Law League
The Anti-Corn Law League

Author: Norman McCord

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1136584544

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Although the Anti-Corn Law league played a most important part in the politics of the 1840's, there is no modern study of its activities and organization. Based on several years work on the original sources, as well as papers belonging to George Wilson, President of the League for most of its life, this book sheds light on the internal history and organization of the League. Written from a political perspective, Dr McCord describes the origin, organization and activities of the League, together with its effect on the contemporary political scene, and as such, fills an important gap in our knowledge of the political history of early Victorian England. At the same time, the book provides an analysis of an unusually well-documented political pressure group, making it a most welcome addition to literature for historians and economic historians, as well as students of political science. This book was first published in 1958.