The Liberal Party in rural England, 1885-1910
Subtitle: radicalism and community
By: Patricia Lynch
Series: Oxford historical monographs
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Politics and government; Liberal Party (Great Britain); Rural conditions; Working class; Political activity; History
Description: This work explores the relationship between the Liberal Party and the rural working-class voters enfranchised by the Third Reform Act of 1884. It aims to show that popular political culture in the English countryside was dominated by two traditions: social protest and social concern.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-248) and index.