Protection and Politics
Subtitle: Conservative Economic Discourse, 1815-1852 (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)
Publisher: Royal Historical Society
Published: December 23, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780861932443
Subjects: Central government; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Economics; World history: from c 1900 -; c 1800 to c 1900; Great Britain; Conservatism; Tariff Policy; Protectionism; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Modern - General; Politics/International Relations; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; History; International - General; History / Modern / General; Europe - Great Britain - General; History & Theory - General; 19th century; Free enterprise; Free trade
Description: "The complex and troubled relationship between protectionism and Conservatism in nineteenth-century Britain is the focus of this book. It looks at how the developing free-trade orthodoxy was challenged within Conservatism, and offers new perspectives on the intellectual controversies which precipitated the Conservative party's split of 1846 and the intricate denouement of 1846-52."--BOOK JACKET.