Overview
- Brings together an almost complete collection, transcription and analysis of the Cambridge and Oxford Unions’ nineteenth-century records
- Offers the first in-depth analysis into these institutions of rhetorical practice
- An important text for scholars in political history, philosophy, sociology, political science and classics
Part of the book series: Studies in Modern History (SMH)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book offers much-needed insight into the Oxford and Cambridge Unions and the important role they have played in nineteenth-century British political culture. Despite this role, or perhaps for that very reason, the Unions have received very little scholarly attention as to their political activities. This study will focus particularly on debating practices through which their members became knowledgeable of the parliamentary way of doing politics. More significantly, it uses the original Union records as primary research material to show that they also had unique political practices of their own. Presenting a detailed analysis of their debates, the book argues that the Unions should be appreciated as independent political arenas, not mere extensions of Westminster politics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Taru Haapala is Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Rhetoric in the Oxford and Cambridge Unions, 1830–1870
Authors: Taru Haapala
Series Title: Studies in Modern History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35128-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35127-8Published: 18 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81730-9Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-35128-5Published: 09 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2053
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 345
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History, Political History