From the Corn Laws to Free Trade
Title | From the Corn Laws to Free Trade PDF eBook |
Author | Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 441 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0262195437 |
The repeal of Britain's Corn Laws in 1846, one of the most important economic policy decisions of the 19th century, has long intrigued and puzzled political scientists, historians, and economists. This book examines the interacting forces that brought about the abrupt beginning of Britain's free-trade empire.
Free Trade and Liberal England, 1846-1946
Title | Free Trade and Liberal England, 1846-1946 PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Howe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780198201465 |
The argument about the limits of Free Trade or Protectionism rages throughout the world to this day. Following the Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846, free trade became one of the most distinctive defining features of the British state, and of British economic, social, and political life. Whilethe United States, much of the British Empire, and the leading European Powers turned towards protectionism before 1914, Britain alone held to a policy which had seemingly guaranteed power and prosperity. This book seeks to explain the political history of this tenacious loyalty. While the TariffReform opponents of free trade have been much studied, this is the first substantial account, based on a wide range of printed and archival sources, which explains the primacy of free trade in nineteenth- and early-twentieth century Britain. It also shows that by the centenary of the Repeal of theCorn Laws in 1946, although British free traders lamented the death of Liberal England, they heralded, under American leadership, the rebirth of the liberal international order.
Agriculture and Politics in England, 1815-1939
Title | Agriculture and Politics in England, 1815-1939 PDF eBook |
Author | J. Wordie |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2000-07-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0230514774 |
This book traces the decline of landed power in England between 1815 and 1939, primarily in political, but also in economic and social terms. The essays, by leading authors in the field, examine different aspects of the decline of landed power.
The Breadstealers
Title | The Breadstealers PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Longmate |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Corn laws (Great Britain) |
ISBN | 9780312095116 |
Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws
Title | Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Robert Malthus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 1814 |
Genre | Agriculture |
ISBN |
The People's Bread
Title | The People's Bread PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Pickering |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2000-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0567204979 |
Formed in 1839, the Anti-Corn Law League was one of the most important campaigns to introduce the ideas of economic liberalism into mainstream political discourse in Britain. Its aspiration for free trade played a crucial role in defining the agenda of nineteenth-century liberalism and shaping the modern British state. Its faith in the free market still resonates in Britain's public policy debates today. This is the first comprehensive study of the League which makes use of recent methodological developments in social history.
An Essay on the External Corn Trade
Title | An Essay on the External Corn Trade PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Torrens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 1829 |
Genre | Corn laws (Great Britain). |
ISBN |