Examination of major changes in political behaviour in 19c Cornwall, withwider implications for the country as a whole. This detailed case-study offers a penetrating analysis of the changing political culture in Cornwall up to and after the introduction of the 1832 electoral system. It spans a century in which the county's parliamentary over-representation and notorious political corruption was replaced by a politicised electorate for whom issues and principles were usually paramount. Several models of electoral behaviour are tested; in particular, the continuous politicalactivism of Cornwall's farmers stands out. Despite remnants of the unreformed electoral system lingering into the mid-Victorian era, Cornwall developed a powerful Liberal tradition, built upon distinctive patterns of non-conformity; the Conservatives, split by dissension, saw their pre-reform ascendancy disappear. Professor EDWIN JAGGARD lectures in history at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia.
| ISBN: | 9780861932436 |
| Publication date: | 23rd December 1999 |
| Author: | Edwin Jaggard |
| Publisher: | Royal Historical Society an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 250 pages |
| Series: | Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series |
| Genres: |
European history |