Examination of major changes in political behaviour in 19c Cornwall, withwider implications for the country as a whole. This detailed case-study offers a penetr
This book charts the political transformation of Britain that resulted from the "Great" Reform Act of 1832. It argues that this extensively debated parliamentar
Through close examination of dozens of electoral contests in carefully chosen constituencies, the author demonstrates that the fundamental division separating t
Discusses the complex laws and practices relating to wreck law, that is the right to salvage goods washed up on the shore, examines how Cornish people made use
This was a transformative period in English history. In 1783 the country was at one of the lowest points in its fortunes, having just lost its American colonies