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THE PASSING OF THE WHIGS 1832-1886

by Donald Southgate

Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1965

Very good condition. Portraying Whiggery in its last generations. Papermac 114. Cardwraps. 488 pages (including index). Some b/w photos and pull-out tables.

Cardwraps are a little marked at edges and browned to spine. Foxing to textblock, also affecting some page margins.

Stock no. 1330835

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Contents

  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Whigs Who Went Before
  • I. The Coup D'Etat, 1831-2
  • II. The Coach Upset, 1834
  • III. Stalemated, 1834-9
  • IV. The Whigs and the Landed Interest
  • V. The Whigs and the Corn Law Crisis
  • VI. The Whigs and the Condition of England
  • VII. The Whigs and the Colonies
  • VIII. The Whigs and the Condition of Ireland
  • IX. Whiggery is not Enougnt
  • X. Coalition, 1852-5
  • XI. The Primacy of Palmerston
  • XII. The Dishing of the Whigs
  • XIII. The Whigs and Mr Gladstone
  • XIV. The Defence of 'Liberty and Property'
  • XV. The Parting of the Ways, 1886
  • Finis
  • Apendixes: Introduction
  • I. Section I: Whig and Liberal Cabinet Ministers 1830-85
  • Section II: Principal Household Appointments
  • Section III: Ministers who did not reach the Cabinet
  • II. The Whig Nobility and Electoral Contest 1832-85
  • III. Genealogical Tables
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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