The Liberal Party in Rural England 1885-1910
Subtitle: Radicalism and Community (Oxford Historical Monographs)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 7, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780199256211
First sentence: When a bill for the extension of the county franchise was introduced in the House of Commons in 1884, many prominent Liberals placed their hopes on the householders of the urbanized county regions, dismissing the rural working classes as ignorant bumpkins who would vote according to their Conservative masters' directions.