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Political Unions, Popular Politics and the Great Reform Act of 1832

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Nancy D. LoPatin

    1. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Modern History (SMH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Nancy D. LoPatin
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Birmingham Political Union and the Origins of the Union Campaign

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    Pages 17-37

  4. The Creation of a Movement: Political Unions, March 1830—February 1831

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    Pages 38-65

  5. Political Unions and the Introduction of the Reform Bill: March-October 1831

    • Nancy D. LoPatin
    Pages 66-86

  6. The Reform Riots and Political Unions as Peacekeepers: October—December 1831

    • Nancy D. LoPatin
    Pages 87-130

  7. Political Unions and the Final Campaign: Agitation, the May Days and Victory, January—June 1832

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    Pages 131-159

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 160-170

  9. Epilogue

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    Pages 171-173

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 174-236
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About this book

This book is the first on the creation, development and influence of popular politics, specifically the role of Political Unions, on the Great Reform Act of 1832. Political Unions and the force of public opinion played a vital role in seeing the Reform Bill through Parliament and setting England on the path of peaceful, legislative reform. Their emphasis on representing the 'industrious' classes linked the Unions to the emerging debates - political and socio-economic - in later Victorian Britain and the evolution of British participatory democracy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, USA

    Nancy D. LoPatin

About the author

NANCY D. LoPATIN is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She received her training at Hofstra University and Washington University in St Louis (PhD, 1988) and has published articles on the 1832 Reform Act and Political Unions in Parliamentary History and other journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Political Unions, Popular Politics and the Great Reform Act of 1832

  • Authors: Nancy D. LoPatin

  • Series Title: Studies in Modern History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230371026

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-73637-1Published: 16 November 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37102-6Published: 16 November 1998

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-2061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 236

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Modern History, Political Science

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