The People's Bread: A History of the Anti-Corn Law League

by Alex Tyrrell, Paul A. Pickering, Alex Tyrell

Formed in 1839, the Anti-Corn Law League was one of the most important campaigns to introduce the ideas of economic liberalism into mainstream political discourse in Britain. Its aspiration for free trade played a crucial role in defining the agenda of nineteenth-century liberalism and shaping the modern British state. Its faith in the free market still resonates in Britain's public policy debates today. This is the first comprehensive study of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718502183
• ISBN13: 9780718502188
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Leicester University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.4"