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For nearly two hundred years, the use and ownership of land generated much political controversy in Britain. Liberals, radicals and socialists attacked the evils of 'landlordism', proposing measures ranging from allotment bills to land nationalisation. Conversely, political conservatives mounted various campaigns in defence of the landed aristocracy and landed property in general, resisting the schemes of reformers while likewise sponsoring legislation to further their own cause. The ensuing debate over the 'land question' became a fixture of modern British politics between 1750 and 1950. This volume, featuring a distinguished line-up of expert contributors, offers the first synoptic and pan-British treatment of the land question in this period. Critically engaging with recent research, the essays offer a range of fresh social, cultural, political and economic perspectives on the land question as it played out in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
| List of Figures and Tables | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. x |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xi |
| Contributors | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Common Field Landscape, Cultural Commemoration and the Impact of Enclosure, c. 1770-1850 | p. 19 |
| 'Witnesses for the Defence': The Yeomen of Old England and the Land Question, c. 1815-1837 | p. 37 |
| Chartism and the Land: 'The Mighty People's Question' | p. 57 |
| The 'Manchester School' and the Landlords: The Failure of Land Reform in Early Victorian Britain | p. 74 |
| 'A Contemptible Mimic of the Irish'. The Land Question in Victorian Wales | p. 92 |
| Setting the Heather on Fire: The Land Question in Scotland, 1850-1914 | p. 109 |
| Irish Land and British Politics | p. 126 |
| Richard Cobden, J. E. Thorold Rogers and Henry George | p. 146 |
| London and the Land Question, c. 1880-1914 | p. 167 |
| The Edwardian Land Question | p. 181 |
| Unemployment, Taxation and Housing: The Urban Land Question in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain | p. 201 |
| Land Reform and the English Land Market, 1880-1925 | p. 219 |
| Socialism and the Land Question: Public Ownership and Control in Labour Party Policy, 1918-1950s | p. 237 |
| Epilogue: The Strange Death of the English Land Question | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 271 |
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ISBN: 9780230203402
ISBN-10: 023020340X
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 296
Published: 2nd March 2010
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14.1
x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.46
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