List of Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction: 1832 and All That;
PART I. THE PROMISE OF REFORM; 1. Great Expectations; PART II. THE
IMPACT OF REFORM; 2. Reform and Reaction: Bristol and 1832; 3.
Reform Resplendent: The Political Transformation of Maidstone and
Colchester; 4. Reform Act or Reform Era? Political Change in
Shrewsbury and Northampton; PART III. THE LIMITATIONS OF REFORM; 5.
Reform Redundant: Political Continuity in Lewes and Great Yarmouth;
6.
Reform Retardent: Parliamentary and Municipal Reform in Beverley;
PART IV. CLASS, RELIGION, AND REFORM; 7. Reform Refracted, 1:
Working and Voting; 8. Reform Refracted, 2: Praying and Voting;
Conclusion:
The Great Reform Bill?; Bibliography; Index.
'he is judiciously cautious in extending his findings across the
vast spectrum of the electoral system ... he makes a convincing
case for the resilience of the unreformed system and the essential
continuity of English political development'
Times Literary Supplement
'an illuminating and significant guide to the impact of
Parliamentary Reform ... Phillips' researches are thorough; his
conclusions are unlikely to be challenged'
Alan Heesom, Durham University Journal, Vol. 86, No. 1 (January
1994)
'the heart of the book comprises five very readable narrative
chapters containing accounts of politics in his sample boroughs ...
These findings are important.'
Matthew Cragoe, Welsh History Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, June 1994
'He has avoided simplicity, and has written a subtle book. ... a
valuable book ...'
John Prest Southern History Vol 15 '93
`based upon a meticulous examination of political behaviour in
eight boroughs before and after 1832...thorough study...The
arguments are expressed clearly and in a lively style, to make a
distinctly useful contribution to the debate on 1832.'
EHR
`Phillips expertly uncovers the subtleties and idiosyncrasies of
each borough. Phillips does a splendid job with set pieces such as
the Bristol riots ... this is an outstanding effort ... The great
labor involved in his meticulous research and the clarity of his
argument have produced a superb model for future electoral
studies.'
Ellis Archer Wasson, Albion, Winter '95
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