Richard Cobden : : Independent Radical / / Nicholas C. Edsall.
On Richard Cobden's death, Charles Francis Adams noted in his diary that Cobden "had fought his way to fame and honor by the single force of his character. He had nothing to give. No wealth, no honors, no preferment. He first taught the multitude by precept and example that the right of go...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- PART I. Manchester Manufacturer 1832-1838
- CHAPTER 1. Family and Finances
- CHAPTER 2. Education, Travel, and Authorship
- CHAPTER 3. The Political Setting
- CHAPTER 4. Political Beginnings
- CHAPTER 6. The Incorporation of Manchester
- PART II. Agitator 1838-1846
- CHAPTER 7. Founding the Anti—Corn Law League
- CHAPTER 8. Building an Agitation
- CHAPTER 9. The League and Electoral Politics
- CHAPTER 10. The Crisis of 1842
- CHAPTER 11. The Long Haul
- CHAPTER 12. The Key to Victory?
- CHAPTER 13. Victory
- PART III. Schoolmaster 1846-1856
- CHAPTER 14. Transitions
- CHAPTER 15. The Manchester School and Post-Repeal Politics
- CHAPTER 16. The Manchester School and Educational Reform
- CHAPTER 17. The Pursuit of Peace
- CHAPTER 18. Protecting the Peace
- CHAPTER 19. War
- PART IV. Diplomatist 1856-1865
- CHAPTER 20. Postwar Casualties
- CHAPTER 21. Negotiating a Treaty
- CHAPTER 22. The Third French Invasion Panic
- CHAPTER 23. Britain and the American Civil War
- CHAPTER 24. The Elder Statesman of Radicalism
- ABBREVIATIONS. SELECTED. BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX
- ABBREVIATIONS
- Selected Bibliography
- Notes
- Index