商品簡介
What did the Reform Act of 1832 do to the power of Britain's House of Lords? How did the peers' concern for the poor compare to that of the commoners in the other House? Davis (history emeritus, Washington U., St. Louis) closely examines this largely forgotten but crucial force in British political and social history and finds the Lords retained both veto and approval power despite extensive efforts to cut them off at their collective knees. Davis tracks the leading members of the house and their involvement with such issues as the constitutional revolution, efforts at municipal reform, continued questions about Ireland as it slid toward disaster, debate about religion, strongly different ideas about social legislation, and the career-making and career-breaking details of the movement to repeal the Corn Law. This should serve as a model for more studies. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Richard W. Davis is Emeritus Professor of History at Washington University, St. Louis. His previous books include Political Change and Continuity, 1760-1815: A Buckinghamshire Study (1972), Disraeli (1976) and The English Rothschilds
