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Land Question in Britain, 1750-1950, The


Land Question in Britain, 1750-1950, The

Hardback by Cragoe, M.; Readman, P.

Land Question in Britain, 1750-1950, The

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ISBN:
9780230203402
Publication Date:
20 Jan 2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
281 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 29 - 31 May 2024
Land Question in Britain, 1750-1950, The

Description

The 'Land Question' occupied a central place in political and cultural debates in Britain for nearly two centuries. From parliamentary enclosure in the mid-eighteenth century to the fierce Labour party debate concerning the nationalization of land after World War Two, the fate of the land held the power to galvanize the attention of the nation.

Contents

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; M.Cragoe & P.Readman The Common Field Landscape, Cultural Commemoration, and the Impact of Enclosure, c.1770-1850; I.Waites 'Witnesses for the Defence': the Yeomen of Old England and the Land Question, c.1815-1837; K.Beresford Chartism and the Land: 'the Mighty People's Question'; M.Chase The 'Manchester School' and the Landlords: the Failure of Land Reform in Early Victorian Britain; A.Howe 'A Contemptible Mimic of the Irish': the Land Question in Victorian Wales; M.Cragoe Setting the Heather on Fire: the Land Question in Scotland, 1850-1914; E.Cameron Irish Land and British Politics; P.Bull Richard Cobden, J. E. Thorold Rogers and Henry George; A.Taylor London and the Land Question c.1880-1914; R.Quinault The Edwardian Land Question; P.Readman Unemployment, Taxation and Housing: the Urban Land Question in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain; I.Packer Land Reform andthe English land Market, 1880-1925; J.Beckett & M.Turner Socialism and the Land Question: Public Ownership and Control in Labour Party Policy, 1918-1950s; C.Griffiths Epilogue: the Strange Death of the English Land Question; F.M.L.Thompson

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