Richard Cobden Independent Radical |
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| Author:
| Edsall, Nicholas C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-33081-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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In this biography Edsall demonstrates how Cobden dominated middle-class radicalism from the turbulent 1840s to the quieter years before the emergence of the Gladstonian Liberal party in the 1860s. Cobden was significant as a spokesman for the middle class in an era of acute class conflict and as a critic of the aims of great-power diplomacy at a time when his own country was the greatest of powers.
In this biography Edsall demonstrates how Cobden dominated middle-class radicalism from the turbulent 1840s to the quieter years before the emergence of the Gladstonian Liberal party in the 1860s. Cobden was significant as a spokesman for the middle class in an era of acute class conflict and as a critic of the aims of great-power diplomacy at a time when his own country was the greatest of powers.