Electoral Behavior in Unreformed England : : Plumpers, Splitters, and Straights / / John A. Phillips.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Phillips, John A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 693
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAP --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; CHAPTER ONE. The Unreformed Political System --; CHAPTER TWO. The Structure of Electoral Politics in Unreformed England --; CHAPTER THREE. The Structure of Borough Politics: Participation and Politicization --; CHAPTER FOUR. The Substance of Borough Politics: Variations on Three Themes --; CHAPTER FIVE. The Borough Voter --; CHAPTER SIX. The Voter Decides: The Development of Partisan Behavior --; CHAPTER SEVEN. The Voter's Decision: The Social Foundations of the Vote --; CHAPTER EIGHT. Interpretations and Speculations --; APPENDIX I. Nominal Record Linkage --; APPENDIX II. OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS --; APPENDIX III. GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS: 1761-1802 --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400856428; 9783110413441; 9783110413519; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400856428
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John A. Phillips.

This work examines the development of popular politics in four representative English towns between 1761 and 1802. The book addresses hitherto unanswered yet fundamental questions about the electorate and the electoral system of later eighteenth-century England.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.