From the corn laws to free trade : interests, ideas, and institutions in historical perspective / Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schonhardt-Bailey, Cheryl, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament--Voting--History--19th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Parliament.

Corn laws (Great Britain)--History--19th century.

Corn laws (Great Britain).

Free trade--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Free trade.

History.

Voting.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 426 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Puzzle 1

2 Interests, Ideas and Institutions Simplified: A Demand- and Supply-Side Perspective 31

I The Demand Side: The League, the Landowners, and Free Trade 47

3 Lessons in Lobbying for Free Trade: To Concentrate or Not 49

4 Nationalizing the Interest in Free Trade 75

5 The Waning Demand for Protection: Portfolio Diversification of Landowners 107

6 Votes in Parliament, Dissected into Ideology, Party, and Interests 127

II The Supply Side 155

7 Conservatives Who Sounded Like Trustees but Voted Like Delegates 157

8 Repeal in Historical Context: Key Parliamentary Debates on the Corn Laws before 1846 191

9 Free Trade's Last Hurdle: Why the Lords Acquiesced 227

10 Feeling the Heat of the League? How Local Newspapers Affected MPs' Voting on Repeal 263

11 Concluding Thoughts on Repeal and the Road to Democratic Reform in Nineteenth-Century Britain 283

Appendix 1 Summary Table of All Regression Variables and Further Details on Measuring District Trade Orientation 293

Appendix 2 Speakers 22 January to 15 May 1846 in the Debates on the Customs and Corn Importation Bill 301

Appendix 3 Characteristics of Members of Parliament, 1815 to 1828 317

Appendix 4 Details of Parliamentary Proceedings, 1814 to 1846 331

Appendix 5 Details of Members of Parliament Sampled for Newspaper Analysis 339.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262283205

0262283204

9781429477673

1429477679

1282097555

9781282097551

OCLC:

145732333

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