208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Parliamentary Reform 1785–1928 surveys the dynamically changing role of the British Parliament from the pre-reformed Parliament through:
the 1832 Great Reform Act
Chartism
the campaign for working class suffrage
Catholic emancipation
the long struggle for the granting of female suffrage.
Beginning with a wide survey of the origins and nature of Parliament, the author offers a... Read more
Introduction; 1: The Unreformed Parliament; 2: The Great Reform Act; 3: Chartism: The Demand for Universal Suffrage; 4: Disraeli and the Second Reform Act; 5: The Professionalisation of Politics, 1867–1900; 6: The Labour Movement and the Growth of Democracy; 7: The Decline of the Monarchy and the Fall of the House of Lords; 8: Votes for Women
Biography
Sean Lang
