Aristocracy and People: Britain, 1815-1865

Abstract

* Preface * Introduction * Country and People * Government and Religion * The Peterloo Years * The Government and the State of the Nation * The Constitutional Revolution * Parties and Politics * The 'Condition of England' Question * Peel's Decade * The Decline of Party Politics * Safeguard and Security * Peace and Prosperity: Taking Stock in 1865 Bibliography Appendices * Increase in Population, 1801--61 * Yearly Average Price of Wheat, 1811--64 * Distribution of Parliamentary Seats before and after the Reform Act of 1832 Index