Electoral Behavior in Unreformed England : : Plumpers, Splitters, and Straights / / 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 Princ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1982
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 693
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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