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The complex and troubled relationship between protectionism and Conservatism in nineteenth-century Britain is the focus of this book. It looks at how the developing free-trade orthodoxy was challenged within Conservatism, and offers new perspectives on the intellectual controversies which precipitated the Conservative party's split of 1846 and the intricate denouement of 1846-52. In contrast to traditional accounts, it also seeks to explore the intellectual character of opposition to the evolving mid-Victorian consensus framed around free trade, laissez-faire and sound money, revealing how Conservatives debated key aspects of economic policy. Through an exhaustive reading of Conservative journals, pamphlets and contributions to parliamentary debates, the author is able to expose an alternative set of ideas about the direction of British economic and social change and the role of government in moulding it. Dr ANNA GAMBLES is lecturer in modern British history, University of Kent at Canterbury.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political ideologies

• Full title: Protection and Politics
• Subtitle: Conservative Economic Discourse, 1815-1852
• Author: Anna Gambles
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 304
• EAN: 9780861932443
• ID: 04745436
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Weight: 726 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. December 1999

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