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Formed in 1839, the Anti-Corn Law League was one of the most important campaigns to introduce the ideas of economic liberalism into mainstream political discourse in Britain. Seeking the abolition of a tariff barrier that buttressed the economic and political power of the land-owning aristocracy, the League presented itself as the vanguard of the emerging industrial middle class in Victorian Britain. Its aspiration for free trade played a crucial role in defining the agenda of 19th-century liberalism and shaping the modern British state. The League's faith in the free market has had resonances in the debates debates over public policy in Britain during recent years, and it also set the pattern for individuals and groups which have stood outside the Establishment articulating alternative visions of society. This study of the Anti-Corn Law League makes use of recent methodological developments in social history.
Contents
"An engine of political warfare"; a nation of repealers - the League in the English provinces and Scotland; West Britons - the League in Wales and Ireland; the organ of veneration - the League and religion; "the petticoat politicians of Manchester" - women and the League; the people's grain - the League and the working class; "a guerrilla warfare" - the League and Parliament; theatres of discussion -League meetings and rituals; "the progeny of Mammon" - a biographical analysis of the Manchester Anti-Corn Law Association Council, 1839-40; conclusion - "a long and doubtful road".
