Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848-1867: The Making of the Second Reform ACT

by Robert Saunders

The Second Reform Act, passed in 1867, created a million new voters, doubling the electorate and propelling the British state into the age of mass politics. It marked the end of a twenty year struggle for the working class vote, in which seven different governments had promised change. Yet the standard works on 1867 are more than forty years old and no study has ever been published of reform in prior decades. This study provides the first analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032922567
• ISBN13: 9781032922560
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages