Entrepreneurial politics in mid-victorian Britain [electronic resource] / G.R. Searle.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993Description: 1 online resource (viii, 346 p.).ISBN: 9780191675874 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901 | Middle class -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Entrepreneurship -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198203575DDC classification: 941.081 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The Great Reform Act and the repeal of the Corn Laws, seemed to make a shift in power to the middle classes a possibility. This book shows how 'entrepreneurial radicals' came to Westminster to impose their values on national life, and how their successes and failures shaped Britain's politics.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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The Great Reform Act and the repeal of the Corn Laws, seemed to make a shift in power to the middle classes a possibility. This book shows how 'entrepreneurial radicals' came to Westminster to impose their values on national life, and how their successes and failures shaped Britain's politics.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.