Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The 'Cotton Districts' and the Origins of the Mid-Victorian 'Consensus': Issues and Debates -- 2. Local Politics 1827-1836: Petit-Bourgeois Radicals and Local Government -- 3. Local Politics 1837-1850: Middle-Class Social -- 4. Popular Politics 1837-1850: The Ideological Origins of the Mid-Victorian Consensus -- 5. The Limits to Middle-Class Hegemony: Technological Change and Industrial Relations -- 6. Paternalism and Class Reconciliation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
A study of popular politics in pre-industrial Britain
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-244) and index