附註:"A Royal Historical Society publication."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
Economy, society, politics -- County politics and parliamentary reform -- Change in the unreformed boroughs -- County politics and change, 1830-1841 -- Reform and dissent, 1830-1841 -- Landlords, farmers and influence, 1841-1868 -- Parties, organisation and issues, 1847-1868 -- Party management and public opinion, 1868-1885.
摘要:"Studies of nineteenth-century electoral politics in a single county are still rare, despite intense scrutiny by historians of the post-1832 electoral system. This examination of political behaviour in Cornwall spans a century in which the county's parliamentary over-representation and notorious political corruption was replaced by a politicised electorate for whom issues and principles were usually paramount."--BOOK JACKET. "This detailed case study tests several models of electoral behaviour, high-lighting in particular the continuous political activism of Cornwall's farmers; on a broader level, it offers a penetrating analysis of a changing political culture."--Jacket.
