Cornwall politics in the age of reform, 1790-1885

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"Studies of nineteenth-century electoral politics in a single county are still rare, despite intense scrutiny by historians of the post-1832 electoral system. This examination of political behaviour in Cornwall spans a century in which the county's parliamentary over-representation and notorious political corruption was replaced by a politicised electorate for whom issues and principles were usually paramount."--BOOK JACKET. "This detailed case study tests several models of electoral behaviour, high-lighting in particular the continuous political activism of Cornwall's farmers; on a broader level, it offers a penetrating analysis of a changing political culture."--Jacket.