An edition of John Bright (2012)

John Bright

statesman, orator, agitator

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An edition of John Bright (2012)

John Bright

statesman, orator, agitator

"John Bright was one of the greatest British statesmen of the 19th century: in a series of Punch cartoons in 1878, Bright featured alongside Disraeli and Gladstone as the three greatest politicians of the age. However, his impressive contribution to British politics and society has been virtually forgotten in the modern world. Bright played a critical role in many of the most important political movements of the Victorian era - most notably the Anti-Corn Law League, which he founded with Richard Cobden in 1838 and which played a significant role in obtaining the abolition of the Corn Laws in 1846. He was also a vehement opponent of capital punishment and supported free trade, electoral reform and religious freedom. He was internationally renowned as an excellent speaker and a copy of one of his speeches was found in the pocket of Abraham Lincoln on the day of his assassination. In this new biography, the first for over 30 years, Bill Cash provides an incisive and engaging portrait of a man who influenced the politics of his generation more than virtually any other. It will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in Victorian politics and society."--Publisher's website.

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John Bright: statesman, orator, agitator
2012, I.B. Tauris, Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
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Table of Contents

The unquiet Quaker : battling against the corn laws
The corn laws in parliament : harrying Peel
Parliamentary reform : Manchester and Birmingham
The new democracy : converting Disraeli
Lincoln and bright : fighting against slavery and for America
A just foreign policy for India and the empire
Foreign policy and war
Oppression in Ireland and British sovereignty
Home rule, party splits and the end.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-316) and index.

Published in
London, New York, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
941.081092
Library of Congress
DA565.B8 C37 2012, DA565.B8

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxx, 328 p. :
Number of pages
328

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25407526M
Internet Archive
johnbrightstates0000cash
ISBN 10
1848859961
ISBN 13
9781848859968
LCCN
2012452153
OCLC/WorldCat
762679586

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