1867 Disraeli, Gladstone and Revolution
The Passing of the Second Reform Bill

The passage of the Reform Bill of 1867 is one of the major problems in nineteenth-century British history.

Maurice Cowling (Author)

9780521019583, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 15 December 2005

464 pages
21.7 x 13.6 x 2.7 cm, 0.579 kg

The passage of the Reform Bill of 1867 is one of the major problems in nineteenth-century British history. Mr Cowling provides a full-scale explanation, based on a wide range of archive material, including four major manuscript collections not previously used. Mr Cowling pays equal attention to the view taken by Parliament of the class structure and to the ambitions and strategies of politicians in Parliament and outside. He sets this detailed historical narrative in an analytical framework, the assumptions of which he discusses at length.

Introduction
1. Prelude
2. Preliminary: the uprooting of the Whigs
3. The cornering of the Conservative party
4. The reassertion of Conservative policy
5. The destruction of Liberal unity
6. The victory of Disraeli
7. The public agitation
8. The acceptance of Hodgkinson's amendment
9. Conclusion: Palmerston's mantle
Epilogue: the limitations of historical knowledge
Appendixes
Bibliography
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], British & Irish history [HBJD1]