Electoral behavior in unreformed England : plumpers, splitters, and straights / John A. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, John A., 1949- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--England--History.

Elections.

Voting--England--History.

Voting.

Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work examines the development of popular politics in four representative English towns between 1761 and 1802. The book addresses hitherto unanswered yet fundamental questions about the electorate and the electoral system of later eighteenth-century England.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAP

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTER ONE. The Unreformed Political System

CHAPTER TWO. The Structure of Electoral Politics in Unreformed England

CHAPTER THREE. The Structure of Borough Politics: Participation and Politicization

CHAPTER FOUR. The Substance of Borough Politics: Variations on Three Themes

CHAPTER FIVE. The Borough Voter

CHAPTER SIX. The Voter Decides: The Development of Partisan Behavior

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Voter's Decision: The Social Foundations of the Vote

CHAPTER EIGHT. Interpretations and Speculations

APPENDIX I. Nominal Record Linkage

APPENDIX II. OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS

APPENDIX III. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS: 1761-1802

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 327-344.

ISBN:

0-691-64169-2

0-691-61401-6

1-4008-5642-6

OCLC:

884013278