The Age of Reform, 1815-70 by Ernest Llewellyn Woodward

The Age of Reform, 1815-70 by Ernest Llewellyn Woodward

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Examines the achievements - and failures - of the English people over half a century between the victory of Waterloo and the first administration of William Gladstone. Woodward's narrative and analysis cover political, economic, social and foreign affairs in a period of rapid and complex changes.

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The Age of Reform, 1815-70 by Ernest Llewellyn Woodward

Between Waterloo and Gladstone's first ministry, Britain underwent a series of rapid and complex changes. At home repression gave way to reform of the franchise, local government, education, poor relief, and the factory and legal systems. Further agitation was to arise over the Corn Laws, the People's Charter, and the Irish Question before Britain was able to bask in the glow of the mid-Victorian supremacy forged by its economic might and the foreign policy pursued by Castlereagh, Canning, and Palmerston, which maintained the balance of power and extended the colonial empire.
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ISBN 13 9780192852625
ISBN 10 0192852620
Title The Age of Reform, 1815-70
Author Ernest Llewellyn Woodward
Series Oxford History Of England Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1992-08-01
Number of pages 699
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